Example sentences of "even if [pron] have [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a telling comment on Francoism 's concept of " normality " and , particularly , on its view of the intellectual and political capacity of women : men who were not the head of the household in which they lived and all unmarried women were disenfranchized , even if they had reached the age of majority . |
| 2 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
| 3 | There was little point and no real justification in attempting to give chase , even if they had known the direction in which he had disappeared . |
| 4 | I think people should stick with what suits them , even if they 've had the same thing for years . |
| 5 | Even if they have found the previous hour of talks excruciating , finding they have little in common on a whole host of difficult issues , they will come out smiling . |
| 6 | You know , even if we had lost the Cup , it would still have been a very good year for French players . |
| 7 | I signed a two-year contract and would have honoured that , even if we had missed the play-offs . |
| 8 | Having caused the longest recession since the 1930s , does the Prime Minister agree with the words of his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who said last month : ’ the policy would not have been different even if we had known the outcome . ’ ? |
| 9 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 10 | Kate had been all too aware of the stiffening in the figure next to her , even if he had ignored the girl , apart from an acknowledging , casual smile in her direction . |
| 11 | True , he went to rouse Sir Ralph but he was searched for any weapons , he had no key , and even if he had entered the room , favoured son or not , Sir Ralph would scarcely have offered his throat to be cut . ’ |
| 12 | Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude . |
| 13 | Even if he had got the kind of constitution that he wanted , could he have stomached the long period of economic rebuilding — with all its attendant constraints — that lay ahead of France in 1946 ? |
| 14 | Bound up with the question of compliance with specification is the question of acceptance , since , until the goods have been accepted by the buyer , the seller can not be sure that he has discharged his basic liability to perform the contract , even if he has delivered the goods to the buyer . |
| 15 | Nor in general is he liable even if he has planted the trees because he has not used his land in an extraordinary or non-natural manner . |
| 16 | Better than that , the Power Launcher itself has a timed event facility , which means that you can set it to open an application at a given time — so that file you promised to send to a colleague via modem by ten o'clock on Thursday can be sent automatically , even if you 've taken the day off sick ( assuming the cleaner has n't switched your PC off , of course ! ) |
| 17 | I just feel that even if you have read the book I mean my point would be , I would maybe be reading the book and have a look and say oh god |
| 18 | For Raskolnikov is incorrigibly patrician and rare at heart ( which is one reason why the Epilogue does not convince ) , even if I have overstressed the Hamletish side to him . |
| 19 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 20 | Not because the Harlequin man had sullied Meh'Lindi in Jaq 's eyes , oh no , no question of such a despicable thought — but because Carnelian had used pleasure as a weapon , therefore Meh'Lindi must reject dalliance with any such delights ; even if she had felt the faintest inclination to dally in the first place , and that was a dubious proposition . |
| 21 | It seemed unlikely that he would permit that — even if she 'd desired the privilege . |
| 22 | As she approached the back entrance to the place , Cleo reflected that , even if she 'd had the money , she would never want to live in a building like this . |