Example sentences of "even [conj] [pers pn] are not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where they are not directly linked to major matters of public policy , industrial relations may have a political resonance far beyond their apparent importance , entering the terrain of political symbolism : as exemplified perhaps by the gesture of Franco in intervening to prevent the closure of a railway workshop in Andalucía ( Sur , 30 March 1968 ) . |
| 2 | Even if we are assured that the creatures in question are not in any pain , some people will prolong the argument either by insisting that they must be in some sort of distress , or by claiming that even if they are not overtly suffering , what is happening to them is cruel and unwarranted exploitation . |
| 3 | To some extent , also , the very operating procedures of an organization may be discriminatory in practice even if they are not overtly intended to be . |
| 4 | Even if they are not visibly disabled , some elderly people reach a stage in their lives when slight muscular weakness and general frailty , combined with a natural anxiety about crossing roads or being jostled off their feet in crowded places , makes going out difficult for them . |
| 5 | Most researchers start from the assumption that it is morally wrong to conduct research on people who do not know that they are being studied , and will therefore tell them at least that they are writing a book , even if they are not wholly frank about what the book is going to be about . |
| 6 | But over most of the period covered in this book there are continuous records of some sets of figures , even if they are not always reliable . |
| 7 | This has some intriguing exhibits , even if they are not always quite Pyrenean . |
| 8 | All men even if they are not so fortunate as to be scientists or artists have still within them the capability to transform their lives into ones of creativity . |
| 9 | Your social worker is available to discuss any worries you have , even if they are not directly connected with your child . |
| 10 | Even if we are not quite ready for that , we should as teachers at least attempt to promote our exemplar role to the realms of awareness and practise as conscious role models , because whether we like it or not that is how we function . |
| 11 | But first you must ask permission of the spirit of the site , even if you are not directly conscious of such a being . |
| 12 | A MONTH containing a sun-Pluto conjunction is bound to be memorable — even if you are not directly involved in any major event . |
| 13 | For example , if you have £4,200 savings you will be assumed to have an extra £5.00 per week income , even if you are not actually receiving any interest from your savings . |
| 14 | In the case of regression to earlier times in your present life , there will be enough evidence for you to check on at a later date , even if you are not actually aware of specific people or events . |
| 15 | When we have attempted to replicate Thorndyke 's finding with undergraduate students we have invariably found that subjects are very good at guessing the overall theme even when they are not explicitly told what it is . |
| 16 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 17 | This pattern of occasional rewards ( something we all experience in daily life ) will help your child to maintain a pattern of behaviour even when you are not there to give encouragement to him . |
| 18 | Hunger , caused by lack of food , is the most obvious and indeed the most powerful stimulus , but often we haven an appetite even though we are not very hungry . |
| 19 | Even though they are not particularly high in calories you should avoid them . |
| 20 | They were very glad to borrow the few Penguin books we brought along with us , even though they are not particularly light reading . |
| 21 | Others call them myth , meaning to say that they contain truth , even though they are not literally and historically true . |
| 22 | The use of police resources , and the relations of the police with the community , raise profound political questions , even though they are not always immediately identifiable as such . |
| 23 | Since these are sometimes confusingly conflated , it is helpful to keep them separate even though they are not mutually exclusive ( see Fig. 24.2 ) . |
| 24 | Such agents will therefore affect the learning process even though they are not directly part of it , in the same way as the tone or volume controls on a tape recorder affect the recording and playing of the tape even though they are not directly part of the message the tape carries . |
| 25 | Such agents will therefore affect the learning process even though they are not directly part of it , in the same way as the tone or volume controls on a tape recorder affect the recording and playing of the tape even though they are not directly part of the message the tape carries . |