Example sentences of "[prep] even the " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is little doubt , in the view of even the most conservative members of the medical establishment , that the cause of large bowel cancer is environmental and that the factors involved are related to economic development . |
| 32 | The health of even the most seasoned campaigners suffered at this period . |
| 33 | For those petrified by the prospect of even the simplest programming , this basic approach is a real help . |
| 34 | As we go up the scale of complexity , many highly evolved and sophisticated molecules are involved in the constitution of even the simplest living cell . |
| 35 | Expectation has been shown to influence the outcome of even the most carefully controlled double-blind trial in either a positive or a negative direction . |
| 36 | Myra sobbed as she told me that , although many men were attracted to her — and she to them — as soon as the relationship reached the stage of even the most innocent physical contact , such as a gentle kiss or even holding hands , something in her forced her to draw back and run away from the situation . |
| 37 | While ignoring the possible trauma caused by the actual fighting itself , it graphically explores ( through brilliant performances by Frederic March , Dana Andrews , Harold Russell , Myrna Loy and Virginia Mayo ) the fractures that war creates in the lives of even the victors . |
| 38 | Information that has now come to light about the political gulags and the Gestapo tactics of the secret police has certainly done much to underline the totalitarian essences of even the ‘ soft ’ regimes . |
| 39 | He says it is difficult to sustain solidarity here : the daily attrition of labour , exhaustion and hunger undermine the will of even the most committed . |
| 40 | Another side-effect of even the gentlest processing is reduced shine . |
| 41 | As the case studies make clear , there was much variation in the circumstances of even the relatively narrowly-defined categories of cattle theft and homicide . |
| 42 | The effectiveness of even the best quality locks will be reduced if a door frame is flimsy . |
| 43 | It was entirely within range of even the smaller cannon left in the castle , although depressing the muzzles sufficiently downwards would mean that only the far side of the ford would be bombardable . |
| 44 | To my mind , Niki was technically and mechanically the better driver ; he was willing to make the absolute best of even the most minimal chance . |
| 45 | As you can see from the first diagram , the body of even the toughest fighter is covered with ‘ soft spots ’ ( or vulnerable areas ) which can easily be seen and reached . |
| 46 | Stories of even the most important events often depended on the post . |
| 47 | As we have seen in the last chapter the surface of even the smoothest glass is infested with tiny invisible cracks and even if it were not , it soon would be when it had brushed against some other solid . |
| 48 | They have devised sophisticated instruments to detect and measure the energies of even the smallest traces of the products . |
| 49 | The production of an item such as the Sutton Hoo helmet was undoubtedly a great achievement , but there are cases where the complexity and skill involved in the manufacture of even the humbler items is surprising . |
| 50 | WELL BEYOND the wildest expectations of even the most optimistic airframe designer , certain piston-engines airlines seem set to fly into the next century . |
| 51 | It is a compelling night out and the stark bare set and the absence of even the sight or sound of a jailer serves to hammer home the isolation , the boredom and the feeling of helplessness . |
| 52 | And the large majority of even the 13 and 14 year olds knew they too were under threat even though only three in 10 members of that age group had actually covered the subject in class . |
| 53 | Skulls of aliens adorned the banner-hung , tapestried walls , their eyeless sockets forever blinded to the mysteries of those who had mastered them , their hollow craniums empty of even the ghost of a twisted , unhuman thought . |
| 54 | She watched as the boy ate ravenously , he was one of a large family and though his father was in regular employment at the copper works , he drank a great deal and kept his wife and children short of even the bare necessities of life . |
| 55 | At one extreme , some of the more staunch believers , Catholic and Protestant alike , were obsessed with religious questions to a degree which most twentieth-century observers would consider neurotic and obsessional ; in contrast , at the other end of the spectrum , there existed a minority of lay men and women who consistently ignored their legal obligation to attend regular Sunday services and remained extraordinarily ignorant of even the most basic tenets of Christianity . |
| 56 | All too often , in my experience , lack of finance frustrates the good intentions of even the most supportive of local authorities . |
| 57 | Sometimes , we have to deal with very old hard and thick wood that taxes the strength of even the loppers . |
| 58 | It is true that it must be able to check the excesses of even the ruling class ; but Poulantzas also has to account for the tendency of capitalist states to favour capitalist interests . |
| 59 | Close examination of even the main data series which form the canon of economic management soon reveals that they are subject to significant margins of error . |
| 60 | They were indeed too enthusiastic , for the demands of several burgh councils could prove too much for the resources of even the best-endowed East India Company director . |