Example sentences of "[noun] even if it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the size of the motion-picture audience it was inevitable that political authorities would become involved in some regulation of the industry even if it was only to be a question of safety and fire regulations , but what made the movies even more into a public issue was that they became a mass activity precisely at the moment when political parties and social agencies were more concerned than ever before with how the masses could be accommodated within cities . |
| 2 | In addition , interest on overdue tax accrued indefinitely and not on a day-to-day basis even if it was so calculated . |
| 3 | A mechanical device could , of course , operate in water even if it was totally submerged , but operating in water would dampen out the sound almost completely . |
| 4 | Maritza and the new Luxembourg were better for Therese than he liked , but he 'd got her pushed out of the Baron and she would really look very silly singing Arsena , which was the juvenile role even if it was fairly static — and she would be even more ridiculous playing Sonja in Der Zarewitsch . |
| 5 | It would still be a scandal even if it was quite a separate scandal . ’ |