Example sentences of "even [subord] it [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your body — even if it ca n't do Mr Kent 's maths tests or win the high jump — remains something that modern science can not copy . |
| 2 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 3 | I do not agree that Hampshire presented the case fairly , and I keep trying to obtain undertakings from Hampshire county council that , even if it can not support Government policy , it might at least present a more detached account of the case to parents when grant-maintained options are on the table . |
| 4 | The spread of literacy and of universal education may be more crucial in precipitating fertility decline , even if it can not occur without the development of a more market oriented economy , less based upon family and subsistence production , and a perception of real income growth . |
| 5 | Even though it may not qualify for listing , the building may have interesting features — architectural details , original doors or internal fittings . |
| 6 | It is accepted that upon gaining independence a new State is bound by the customary international law then in existence , and that a State is bound by customary international law even though it may not have directly consented to it . |
| 7 | Somehow the salmonella knows it is not E. coli even though it would not require many mutations for it to become E. coli , or the reverse . |
| 8 | They said local people would not like to see such a waste of money ( even though it would not come from local diocesan funds , whereas the cost of demolition would ) . |
| 9 | Sir Denis is very popular at Walworth Road , the Labour Party HQ , even though it can not spell his name correctly . |
| 10 | In studying Epicurus , Gassendi found confirmation for the embryonic idea of the Exercises , that sense-experience might give us something worthwhile and valuable even though it can not give us knowledge of necessary causes and of the natures of things . |