Example sentences of "even [conj] it [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animosity between Stratford and Kilsby was to some extent personal , yet even where it was related to principles , they were set within revealing limits of assumptions , experience and motives . |
| 2 | However , even where it was acknowledged to be still relevant — in the colonies of the European empires — the Congress of the International was no more clear . |
| 3 | But even where it was extended from churches to houses , a spiritual asceticism seems to be its distinguishing characteristic . |
| 4 | Such action , even if it were resented by the governments , would be hailed with joy by the populations … . |
| 5 | They had realised , as William Pitt had done , that minimum wage legislation , even if it were based on a family with three children , was not enough to meet the need of all families . |
| 6 | It was a hundred almost of the grand stature of that which set up the historic victory here over West Indies a year ago , even if it was reached with a thick edge . |
| 7 | It showed that beneath the granite exterior emotion did exist , even if it was struggling for survival . |
| 8 | But Jan said it was better working than sitting at home watching the dust settle , even if it was working with a bunch of loonies . |
| 9 | What on earth can that superb balderdash mean , especially to a villager in India or Tanzania even if it was translated into Hindi or Swahili ? |
| 10 | The prosecution case , even if it was brought against those believed responsible , was very often fictional . |
| 11 | Ven swiftly reassured her , and — even while it was dawning on her how he was accepting her ‘ no ’ without question when she had been giving him a ‘ yes , yes , yes ’ for the past five minutes , he was reaching for her wrap . |
| 12 | Even while it was registering on her from the newspapers in his hands that he was no lie-a-bed but was up and had been out for his paper , he was taking in the damp , startled look of her and , feigning surprise himself , ‘ It 's a mermaid ! ’ he declared . |
| 13 | Even while it was happening to me , I could n't believe it . |
| 14 | Darwinism , social or otherwise , was not merely science but ideology , even before it was formulated as such . |
| 15 | Imagine working with plant that was obsolete even before it was installed in the 1940s . |
| 16 | Even when it was declared to be worth twenty-one shillings in 1717 it was undervalued ; silver coins were exported to India where their value was still high , or to Amsterdam where they could be melted down and exchanged for gold , and Britain moved inadvertently to a gold standard . |
| 17 | In its early days this hand-and-foot method of combat was extremely dangerous , even when it was developed into a sport . |
| 18 | And even when it was explained to he did n't clock it . |
| 19 | Even when it was defined as the ability to change or control the behaviour of others they felt it was inappropriate . |
| 20 | When compared with intermittent auscultation alone continuous electronic fetal heart rate monitoring doubled rates of caesarean section for ‘ fetal distress ’ even when it was complemented by selective fetal blood sampling and pH estimation ; the rate was quadrupled when monitoring was used alone . |
| 21 | Clare 's solicitor explained to her that men often forced their wives to return by refusing to grant a divorce and making it difficult for them to obtain money — even when it was awarded by a court . |
| 22 | In the approved sequence , Constantinople ( AD381 ) comes next , even though it was attended by fewer bishops ( about 150 ) than the non-approved Rimini of 359 ( about 400 ) . |
| 23 | Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command . |
| 24 | In interviews , she had claimed there were no diabetic residents at Lancaster House and that she had no access to insulin even though it was kept in an unlocked refrigerator , he said . |
| 25 | The National Front says it is ‘ very pleased ’ with its ‘ softly softly approach ’ to the election , even though it was trounced by the British National Party . |
| 26 | To cut a long story short , I was given an additional three days behind the door , with a £1 fine for being in receipt of an illegal letter , even though it was put into my hand . |
| 27 | Even though it was billed as a friendly , Tottenham did n't treat it that way . ’ |
| 28 | After all , Western countries had earlier supported Iraq in the war with Iran , even though it was started by an illegal Iraqi act of aggression . |