Example sentences of "even [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes Chairman i it relates to the the body of the policies in the structure plan and if Aida 's plan generally conforms then we must er issue a statement of general conformity er however if there is a , a problem that we 've had for example about the wording of the reference to the erm East Worthing access road , then although that it 's quite proper for this committee to be concerned about that wording and ultimately possibly even to object to the plan on the basis of the wording , it does n't affect the extent to which the plan conforms or does n't conform with the structure plan overall . |
| 2 | It became too much trouble sometimes even to go to the Camp Cinema . |
| 3 | He was too exhausted even to go to Aix . |
| 4 | I can get up now , even to go to bunker and upstairs and |
| 5 | As Balfour himself said the following year , ‘ in Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Mayhap our necrotic friend was loathe even to go near this one , ’ laughed Fate . |
| 7 | Although Uaru are not noted for equipment bashing , they have been known to move it gently aside , or even to spawn on it if it happens to be in their chosen spot . |
| 8 | She had left the two of them to duel , not even acting as referee , waiting for them to tire , perhaps even to appeal to her . |
| 9 | She needs someone of her own age to talk with — maybe even to quarrel with at times , ’ said Elizabeth Mowbray with a smile . |
| 10 | Freya was facing the wrong way in the womb but her mother says she was n't allowed even to try for a natural birth . |
| 11 | Had he been hoping for Doreen to arrive and say she was no longer interested in the large Hastings home and that she 'd be willing to live anywhere with him — even to work beside him out in the wilderness ? |
| 12 | One of the consequences of the difficult situation in schools and the low pay was that many teachers left the profession , even to work in the informal labour sector , and some moved to other countries . |
| 13 | Unable to return to his seat , too scared even to hide in the toilets , he had hovered in the shadows by the door for a long time until he spotted Sweetheart climbing from a car parked on the other side of the street . |
| 14 | Do you envy other women who seem to manage their lives without getting anxious — who appear even to benefit from difficult situations ? |
| 15 | There are a few people who claim even to know about the lobbying process in Brussels . |
| 16 | Sometimes the grown-ups say ‘ well , look , this is just not the type of thing I want my child even to know about . |
| 17 | As Gombrich points out : ‘ the experience of the underlying constancies in a person 's face which is so strong as to survive all the transformations of mood and age and even to leap across generations , conflicts with the strange fact that such recognition can be inhibited with comparative ease by what may be called the mask ’ . |
| 18 | The BMA and its Chairman , John Marks , refused even to come to the department to talk about the details of the scheme and vigorously campaigned against us . |
| 19 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 20 | Over the issue of the future ownership of Mar Lodge , which contains three of Britain 's five highest mountains , Mr. Lang for months resisted pressure even to meet with the conservation groups who would like to rescue it . |
| 21 | There is a great difference between , on the one hand , voting Labour in a constituency which spread beyond the boundaries of the colliery village , and , on the other hand , being seen to organize a local Labour party or even to stand against the colliery manager and the old elite . |
| 22 | It is difficult even to guess at the actual figures , but probably even in these areas thought of as " largely black " less than half the population is Caribbean . |
| 23 | The money left over is unlikely even to provide for the current training budget to keep pace with inflation . |
| 24 | He would n't have been able to see well enough even to lock for them . |
| 25 | It 's too painful even to talk about . |
| 26 | When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way . |
| 27 | How could one be expected even to talk to such fellows , much less to enter into negotiation with them ? |
| 28 | In view of the constructive contribution which the Palestinian delegation , among others , made to the Madrid peace talks , does the Foreign Secretary believe that it is any longer sensible for Ministers to continue to refuse even to talk to the PLO ? |
| 29 | Or even to talk to Isobel specifically abo about that and h how to approach |
| 30 | But despite the Hess initiative , despite feelers via Switzerland and Spain as well as Scandinavia , even to talk of seeking peace was treated in secret service circles as defeatism , almost treachery . |