Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [vb base] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most British firms even if they recognize the problem , do n't do anything about it . |
| 2 | Barn owls are susceptible to bad weather , though , because a hard winter can kill their food supply even if they resist the cold themselves . |
| 3 | — Even if they prefer the uncertainty principle ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ann adds : ‘ Even if we lose the appeal and the girls have to see out the full term in prison , I shall still be campaigning to prove their innocence long after they have been released . |
| 7 | In addition , competition may mean that we are unable to recoup our initial investment even if we win the contract . |
| 8 | Even if we make the comparison with the earlier part of the twentieth century when people were beginning to live longer , the economic conditions of family life were so different as to make a decision to take an old person into one 's home , if they could not maintain themselves , a very different decision from its equivalent today . |
| 9 | Even if we restrict the process to include only lagged values of s and f , it is highly likely that longer lags in s and f will have an effect on their current values . |
| 10 | Er , and the courts by and large agree to erm , give us the seventy pounds out ev every time , but even so , even if we get the award of the costs , then the difficulty is , is , is in getting those costs in . |
| 11 | then even if we get the increase in work we will not have the staff available to cope with it , |
| 12 | Frequently there is no contact number , so even if we like the music , we ca n't do much about it . |
| 13 | For even if we achieve the objective of a full franchise then the purpose of that full franchise will not work for disabled people if they do n't have full access to polling stations , they only then have the alternative of using postal or proxy votes and not exercising their franchise in the same way that able-bodied people er will do and their full right are part of the measure that I 'm seeking the house to agree that I should pursue . |
| 14 | The Department 's submission should press the Region 's case to be the Unitary Authority for Lothian , even if we feel the Government is against it — they have not proved the Region is inefficient or ineffective and other parties may turn to the Region 's support . |
| 15 | Even if we accept the enforceability criterion for the existence of a law this can only be a necessary requirement of law if ‘ enforceability ’ is taken in a weak sense to mean that the rules in question are by and large adhered to , which need not , of course , be the result of threats . |
| 16 | However , even if we accept the argument that the ‘ best ’ subjects are those which are most useful to industry , this does not necessarily mean that all physical scientific subjects are more useful than all humanities subjects . |
| 17 | Indeed this emerges immediately from the fact that adjectives which are plainly non-restrictive can accompany proper names : ( 4 ) the eloquent Dryden is too learned for some tastes clever Polly left before they called for volunteers Even if we accept the view , less than universally supported , that proper names do have meaning , being clever is certainly no part of the name Polly on the type level , nor is eloquence of the name Dryden . |
| 18 | Even if we discount the fact that Rothmans was the British hope in the last Whitbread Round the World Race , it seemed to me that Yachting World took the opportunity to mention tobacco companies wherever possible . |
| 19 | Now this is very common you do n't know what you 're working with so you ca n't really be expected even if you get the answer if |
| 20 | Even if you turn the machine off and then on again and read the cams , the pattern will still be in the wrong position . |
| 21 | ‘ Even if you take the example of the Western , and key Western icons like Clint Eastwood , ’ Wood says , ‘ you can see the films responding to social attitudes in the movement from the early spaghetti westerns to last year 's Unforgiven , where you still have the recognisable Clint Eastwood character , but he 's much more complex , more uncertain about things — about killing , about his motives , the whole notion of what constitutes a hero . ’ |
| 22 | Their men shut them up at home ; even if you visit the house , the women do n't appear socially . |
| 23 | The work will get done , even if you miss the doing of it . |
| 24 | ‘ I just wish I had the opportunity to buy a quality player like that more often , but they are not around even if you have the money . |
| 25 | I well remember the words of an old foreman who said to me , Son , even if you have the talent and ability to take you to the top , there is still no guarantee that you will ever get there , or even half way . |
| 26 | Even if you have the cash , paying it over could be a severe strain on your resources . |
| 27 | Really , Even if you pay the bill . |
| 28 | I learned that even if you pay the mortgage on your home and your husband contributes nothing to bills , you can not legally lock him out of the matrimonial home . |
| 29 | Even if you spend the winter in a self-catering apartment , you may be able to save money by shopping in local markets and finding prices cheaper than at home . |
| 30 | I mean even if you double the size of the Thames Valley force you would n't have a police officer outside every pub . |