Example sentences of "even [subord] they [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most British firms even if they recognize the problem , do n't do anything about it . |
| 2 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 3 | Even if they had the space , the concept is riddled with conflict . |
| 4 | It is therefore difficult to train such staff , even if they had the time and inclination to practise the skills necessary . |
| 5 | Barn owls are susceptible to bad weather , though , because a hard winter can kill their food supply even if they resist the cold themselves . |
| 6 | — Even if they prefer the uncertainty principle ? |
| 7 | There was here some enquiry and the that enquiry as a matter of public policy I understand the documents are n't to be available , even if they assist the police , or if they assist the other side . |
| 8 | But the complication of such an operation would be considerable ; and it is reasonable to say that the entire population of the Pacific nations , even if they inhabit the Atlantic seaboard , can make use of the goods that are carried across the Pacific Ocean . |
| 9 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 10 | But then even if they do that and even if they get the franchise , they 're not going to be able to say , we can now hold on to it for five , or seven , years , however long the franchise is going to be , because if another bidder comes along in the meantime and says , we rather like this ourselves , they 'll be thrown off . |
| 11 | If the bizarre characters were favoured by female choice , or in male competition , they could be maintained even if they decreased the viability of their bearers : the advantage in sexual success could compensate the disadvantage in viability . |
| 12 | This failing , it is suggested , is often compounded by the use of obscure , abstract terminology which teachers simply do not have the time ( even if they have the inclination ) to penetrate . |
| 13 | Even if they have the papers , they wo n't show them to you . ’ |
| 14 | Even if they escape the attentions of the horsefly larvae , the young toads are still not safe . |
| 15 | Most naturalists thought that there was some sort of underlying pattern in Nature , even if they found the circles a little too artificial a representation of the pattern . |
| 16 | Some members of the group were avid supporters of reggae — they loved the music even while they hated the people who made it . |
| 17 | There certainly were opportunities , therefore , for children and young people to contribute both directly and indirectly to the household economy even before they entered the labour market , and on balance the evidence suggests that girls were likely to be more substantial contributors than boys , especially in the provision and exchange of domestic services , although boys may have had more opportunities to earn money . |
| 18 | Even before they closed the mine we knew that once they retired my husband we 'd have to move . |
| 19 | People lied about their intentions up to the moment of voting and went on lying even as they left the polling stations , saying they had voted for Labour when they had voted Tory , ’ he says . |
| 20 | While other ways of making money become more respectable and sometimes laudable , developers are still seen as the spiritual heirs of Victorian millowners and slum landlords , people who , even as they tear the hearts out of cities , simultaneously give then a fatal sclerosis . |
| 21 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 22 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 23 | Even when they hear the evidence ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Even when they hear the evidence ? |
| 25 | However , for both development officers some eventual admissions to institutions were accepted , though a few somewhat sadly even when they supported the decision . |
| 26 | Despite the large profits made by the industry , only four of the 26 companies involved will provide bait to the fishermen , and even when they do the amount supplied is grossly inadequate . |
| 27 | Even when they won the league you could see he was nt happy , and St John was always trying to force a half decent comment from him . |
| 28 | To feed them on food which does them no good at all even though they like the taste would be irresponsible on waters where carp baits are the major part of the fish 's diet . |
| 29 | Of course not all policemen are in absolute positions of command even though they represent the maintenance of structure in more than a symbolic way ; and few can move into communitas to experience the temptations described above . |
| 30 | The most effective way of doing this is to actively trade on the information acquired even though they run the risk of being prosecuted . |