Example sentences of "even [conj] we can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even if we can not harness the emission from these primordial black holes , what are our chances of observing them ? |
| 2 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 3 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 4 | Even if we can not understand the words of a foreign language , at least our minds are all human such that communication of meaning — human meaning — can take place . |
| 5 | The rhythms and tones of a public speaker , for instance , can help pupils to appreciate his techniques of rousing an audience , even if we can not understand the words . |
| 6 | These impressive alterations probably represent an important event in the development of the site , even if we can not define precisely what preceded it , how widespread it was and why it happened . |
| 7 | Even if we can not get at ‘ the truth itself ’ and ‘ be admitted into the very inner shrines of nature ’ , we can at least ‘ glimpse … some slight image of it ’ , and ‘ live among certain of the outer altars ’ . |
| 8 | The prediction is indeed borne out ; contrast ( 13 ) and ( 14 ) : ( 13 ) a total one the mere one ( 14 ) a rudimentary one the deciduous one Even when we can not tell what sort of being or object is designated by one in examples like ( 14 ) , they will still be grammatically acceptable unlike the anomalous phrases in ( 13 ) . |
| 9 | We may — just — achieve our target of twenty recruits , even though we can not offer financial assistance to the majority of them . |
| 10 | It is wonky in a way that we can work out , even though we can not see it curving off into any extra fourth dimension . ’ |