Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] even " in BNC.
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1 | A NEW book , Organised Obsessions : 1001 Offbeat Associations , Fan Clubs and Microsocieties You Can Join , lists hundreds of groups where even folks with the most unusual interests can find kindred spirits . |
2 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
3 | Most of the city is covered by conservation areas , so it is asking for special controls on large swathes where even single signs would detract from the historic appearance . |
4 | South-west of Brussels , in the village of Braine-le-Comte , His Royal Highness the Prince William , Prince of Orange , heir to the throne of the Netherlands , and Duke , Earl , Lord , Stadtholder , Margrave and Count of more towns and provinces than even he could remember , leaned forward in his chair , fixed his gaze at the mirror which stood on the dressing-table and , with exquisite care , squeezed a blackhead on his chin . |
5 | Labour was in government and had to make the best of it , but the party was with a less numerous support bloc than even the Selsdon Heath of 1970 . |
6 | It was a darker and meaner crime than even Joyce 's account suggested . |
7 | It attracted more retail savings than even the government , which spares no effort to tap the market . |
8 | I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers . |
9 | Parents and staff should n't be seen as an endless source of free labour as even voluntary labour has a cost in time and goodwill . |
10 | In Spain , a competitive framework that formally favoured rail was systematically infringed in practice as even the pro-deregulation 1962 World Bank report conceded ( IBRD 1963 : 173 ; El País , 18 September 1983 , 10 October 1983 ) . |
11 | By this time I was n't catching anything but I must just mention one more boat as even 1 found this one hard to believe . |
12 | Obviously , the short lives of all those babies and children will have a great effect in bringing down the average figure as even the least mathematical of us will be able to understand . |
13 | The refuge of books , first discovered in his Aunt Susannah 's shop , still remained available to him in London , and by a curious accident he gained access to as many books as even he could want . |
14 | So the net effect of your suggested criterion is to get us rather further from a decision than even the chairman and I thought we might be at ten o'clock this morning . |
15 | Bowe 's trainer Eddie Futch , 80 , who 's probably seen more fights than even most men of his age have had hot dinners , expects it to be one of the best he 's been involved with . |
16 | Difficulties may be more fundamental in countries where even pencils and paper have to be imported . |
17 | Of course this is a work where even Karajan 's detractors can only suspend prejudice in the face of his two superlative versions on DG , but Rostropovich communicates a sense of stark yet searing tragedy which makes his performance , of the first movement in particular , very special . |
18 | And now Toni lives in Magaluf — once a tiny village where even islanders rarely visited , now a sprawling mess of neon , curry burgers and chips , the Benny Hill and Linekers bars , and holidaying Brits drunk in charge of a limited vocabulary . |
19 | The underlying idea is that citizens are expected to keep control over their behaviour , but that in circumstances where even a person of normal self-control might be provoked , the offence may be reduced from murder to manslaughter . |
20 | Wonderful sermon although even our pastor mentioned how many shopping days till Christmas . |
21 | It is an important skill because even experienced pilots do occasionally make approaches which are far too high and which can be redeemed if they can side-slip quickly and accurately . |
22 | It might be argued that this device , although an ingenious reference to the converted barn 's former purpose , is not a practical feature in a dwelling because even double-glazing will not prevent the excessive heat loss and cold radiation caused by such large windows . |
23 | We realised straight away that the Landrover was a good choice of vehicle because even the main roads were pretty rough , and we intended spending most of our time in the north of the island where road and track conditions promised to be even worse . |
24 | However , Darwin 's critics said because of sexual reproduction I will only pass half that mutation on to my offspring because even then everybody knew that half of an organism 's inheritance in genetic , in erm sexual reproduction comes from the other parent . |
25 | Moving to the capital market constraints , the takeover constraint is more or less unique to public liability companies though even then it can not impact strongly on the very largest companies . |
26 | She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . |
27 | There were relatively fewer pure gangster films after 1933 but there were a large number of social or ‘ social-problem ’ films although even they remained as only a small percentage of the total Hollywood package . |
28 | So deep was the contrast between Gunnell and her rivals that her victory seemed a more significant moment than even Linford Christie 's unblinking run to 100m gold . |
29 | The prime site out of the above-mentioned locations is , in my experience , London , and the worst the railway stations , but there are far better places than even the City of London and I have been made aware that the airports are an example of sites that fall into this category . |
30 | And Dyson knew from the depth of humility and reverence in his inflection that he was getting a larger fee than even Lord Boddy . |