Example sentences of "even [subord] it [modal v] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 2 | Even if it could be said that , because the school would have incurred the basic expense of running the school in any event , such expense was not incurred ‘ in ’ providing the facilities for the taxpayer 's child , on the literal meaning of the words such expense was in any event incurred ‘ in connection with ’ the provision of such facilities . |
| 3 | Lord Parker 's response to that suggestion was that no offence had been committed in any event because , even if it could be said that such conduct was insulting ( which he doubted ) most men approached in such a way are not likely to resort to violence . |
| 4 | In my judgment even if it could be said that Mr Clayton attorned tenant to Twogates by tacitly accepting the terms of that letter , such an attornment would not be evidence of an unequivocal intention on the part of the landlords to re-enter under the provisions of the … lease … |
| 5 | However , students attention should be drawn to the fact that these were not sold in the closing down sale so open market value may not be appropriate even if it could be established . |
| 6 | While it is not easy to establish as an empirical matter what the current income-wealth distribution is , even if it could be established , the question of what degree of inequality should be the trigger for government policy remains . |
| 7 | In spite of the removal of smoke by roof ventilation , the scene of operations would be too remote for direct visual observation to provide a reliable indication of progress and no degree of artificial lighting , even if it could be provided and relied upon in these circumstances would offer adequate assistance . |
| 8 | not sure even if it can be done : |
| 9 | Even if it can be said that , in the course of his duty , a policeman will become hardened to certain sorts of ritual taunts and insults , there is no reason to doubt that he can also experience harassment and distress . |
| 10 | Even if it can be established beyond all reasonable doubt that certain cultural items were indeed originally developed in one place and thence diffused to another , by whatever means ( not excluding industrial espionage ) , this may have no relevance whatsoever to their significance in the new environment . |
| 11 | If it is possible to generalize from this at all , it is that presence of predator remains in a fossil assemblage gives no indication of method of origin of the assemblage , even if it can be shown to be accumulated by a predator . |
| 12 | If the law of life is struggle , the ‘ bottom line ’ in economic activity as with any other , is the contribution it makes to that struggle , and no sector can simply opt out of it , even if it can be shown by some other criteria that doing so would improve matters . |
| 13 | In general even if it can be shown that one particular dichotic testing procedure can lead to an accurate prediction of the side of speech representation it does not logically follow that other procedures are equally valid or even tap the same processes . |
| 14 | Even if it can be shown that many authorities will have elections at that time , we must not be naive again . |
| 15 | This allows a premier cru to stand out and get appropriate recognition even if it should be considered a grand cru . |
| 16 | However , it goes further than that and implies a lack of awareness of the need for conservation , of future private benefits for individual households and the village ( or larger local community ) as a whole , leading to a failure to mobilise people to give their labour for construction ( even when it will be paid for ) , for maintenance work , and for enforcement where discipline is required ( to control lopping of small seedlings , to exclude livestock from reafforested and other areas and so on ) . |
| 17 | In short , we should call the offence reckless driving , but the occurrence of death , even though it may be regarded as bad luck , should aggravate the sentence . |
| 18 | Even though it may be said that what is taken on in the incarnation is a humanity in which we all share , it is still the case that the form in which this universal nature is said to have been taken on is that of a male human being . |
| 19 | The judge , Falconer J. said that the novel and inventive effect must reside outside the computer program even though it may be defined by the program . |
| 20 | If the provisions of s213 can be satisfied , management would incur no income tax charge or capital gains tax charge ; Target should have no liability to capital gains tax under s178 or 179 , even though it would be leaving a capital gains tax group as a result of the de-merger and may have had assets transferred to it on a no gain/no loss basis within the preceding six years . |
| 21 | Even though it might be argued that a regular life-style implies a regular degree of fatigue and so will require a regular amount of sleep , in practice , such a degree of regularity is not achieved . |
| 22 | Secondly , the formal analysis which is second nature to a Western critic can be fruitful , even though it could be argued that this is a way of interpreting the objects of an unfamiliar culture rather than a description . |