Example sentences of "even if [pers pn] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a sufferer from alcoholism who still used sleeping tablets , a sufferer from any of the eating disorders who is not physically abstinent from sugar and white flour , a sufferer from workaholism who exchanges work for physical exercise in similar quantities and a sufferer from the family disease who still searches incessantly for treatment or other solutions to the problems of the primary sufferer rather than accept his or her own powerlessness over the lives of other people and accept the need for personal recovery , are all still in the active phase of the disease even if they are regularly attending meetings of an appropriate Anonymous Fellowship . |
| 2 | Even if they are not moving , it is still a charming way of saying ‘ thank you ’ . |
| 3 | This is something everyone wonders when starting out , even if they are not intending to make a living out of acting . |
| 4 | Questions will be asked , even if they are not asked publicly , about whether he is physically fit to continue in office . |
| 5 | The person who makes the arrangements with the funeral director may be considered to have entered into a binding contract , and become responsible for the cost , even if they are not related to the deceased . |
| 6 | Even if they are not inhibited from applying for special treatment they may suffer some loss of self-respect in receiving the service free . |
| 7 | In many parts of the world , inoculations are advisable even if they are not required for entry . |
| 8 | ( At present , securities houses offer their private clients the best price in the market , even if they are not offering it on their screens . ) |
| 9 | Unlike cleaning chemicals which still perform even if they are grossly misused and , at worst can hardly leave a surface dirtier after application than before , misuse in disinfectants and sanitisers can result in an increase in bacterial contamination . |
| 10 | ‘ We expect that women will want to cook and sew and launder even if they are also reading Homer or studying Italian painters . ’ |
| 11 | even if they are both needed and wanted by the school . |
| 12 | Women are presumed to be able to cope domestically in circumstances where men are presumed to be unable to manage : they can cook , clean and care for themselves even if they are physically impaired ( Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 13 | What has been attempted in this chapter has been the clarification that so far the traditional values of catholic nationalism are still dominant among the Roman catholics of Ireland , even if they are severely contested by a significant minority from among them and lukewarmly subscribed to by a further significant minority . |
| 14 | Caecilians are rarely seen for they seldom come to the surface except at night and even if they are accidentally dug up , they may well be mistaken for brightly coloured earthworms . |
| 15 | A similar exam is still compulsory for anyone seeking to enter the teaching profession without the required Leaving Certificate pass , even if they are never to teach the subject . |
| 16 | Everybody 's intelligent , everyone 's trying to make sense of the world , even if they 're not plugged into larger systems of thought like some of us . |
| 17 | Walkers should stick to obvious paths even if they 're badly eroded . |
| 18 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
| 19 | But the decisions made fascinating reading and would presumably still be dragged into any legal proceedings today , even if they were not regarded as binding . |
| 20 | The captain and the chief and second mates received cargo allotments of value , but officers of junior rank were unlikely to make very substantial profits , even if they were not forced to share their allocation of cargo space with the commander in order to obtain a place at all . |
| 21 | They would wash up the same way even if they were not watched . |
| 22 | Roads , nevertheless , still played an important part and would have been used by all and sundry , even if they were originally built for military and political reasons . |
| 23 | Finally , independent single-employer ( rather than association ) bargaining meant that US firms could still continue to deal with their own employees — even if they were now organised into trade unions — rather than be faced with an external trade union body against which they had fought for so long ( Sisson , 1984 ) . |
| 24 | The description of the Monk in the General Prologue is a full and detailed one , even if we are subsequently invited to conclude that it is a mistaken and misleading one ; by contrast , the presence of three priests with the Prioress and her nun/chapeleyne is noted in just three words at the end of line 164 of the General Prologue . |
| 25 | But even if we 're not involved directly , I mean are you saying then that we perhaps put it to one side , it 's happening somewhere else ? |
| 26 | Even if we 're not gon na succeed it must have stuck in their throat that there was Jesus lying asleep . |
| 27 | Well that 's right , even if he 's not scoring goals he 's creating so much pressure and , and |
| 28 | He told me he 's infallibly able to recognize women even if he 's only seen them once . |
| 29 | ‘ They think only about saving the guy 's life , so they chop the leg off by guillotine , even if he 's only lost a few toes . ’ |
| 30 | Even if he is not working they will want er I think it 's two pounds twenty a week out of him . |