Example sentences of "[coord] even [subord] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | By what route the technique got into West Africa — or even whether it was independently devised there — can not be ascertained until we have discovered more sites of the first millennium AD , and earlier in West Africa . |
2 | A SURVEY by the St John Ambulance Brigade came up with the remarkably interesting finding that the man most women would prefer to give them the kiss of life , assuming it was necessary or even if it was n't , would be TV doctor Hilary Jones . |
3 | This tale might be apocryphal of course ( just get on with it — Ed ) , and even if it is n't , it wo n't work with your pocket money . |
4 | Your modest PC could well be overstretched , and even if it is n't , there 's a danger that the resource question will become more pressing as you become involved in the network . |
5 | He means that good is stronger than evil , and even if it is not , that makes no difference to him . |
6 | The quality of workmanship is what you 'd expect on an instrument costing just under thirteen hundred pounds and even if it was n't a limited edition I 'd still say it was worth the money . |
7 | And even if it was n't true it was n't her concern , was it ? |
8 | And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ? |
9 | And even if it was not it allowed both sides an extra nine months in which to strengthen their positions . |
10 | And even if it was hardly the most spectacular of debuts by the French international , his sheer presence seems to be bringing the best out of United — and especially Mark Hughes . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Most such acute psychiatric wards are now sited in district general hospitals ; and even though it is not essential for in-patient facilities of this type to be in the same place as other medical specialties , it is often helpful for elderly people , in particular , to be treated where specialist medical advice on physical illness and disability is readily available . |
13 | He says he remembers watering his horse , and even though it is only a trough , it 's important to the town . |
14 | And even though it was generally accepted that they , along with the better known chimps of East Africa , were our closest relatives , few would have guessed that their relationships would be , well , so very human . |
15 | But the idea of closer political ties with England had first been mooted as far back as the late fifteenth century , by James III ; and even though it was then an extremely unpopular policy , it was an idea which never again quite went away . |
16 | She knew he wanted her , and even though it was only for her body Kath was so desperate for his attention that she was ready to settle even for that . |
17 | But even if it 's just darkness I want that peace . |
18 | But even if it is n't , it is far better to start with a concise piece of information which can be built up into a bigger story if the circumstances are right than to send out a wordy release which is immediately discarded . |
19 | But even if it is not exactly this scheme , it is certain that any global agreement will have to be supported by a mechanism which allows the developing countries to pollute more while they catch up with developed countries which are simultaneously reducing their emissions . |
20 | But even if it was n't , Donald could still hit him with it . |
21 | I am lucky that my other hobby of dressmaking is also my job of work , but even if it was n't I would still enjoy making things . |
22 | It was Hess , it had to be , but even if it was n't , they were safe . |