Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] even a " in BNC.

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1 Though open opposition , as the ‘ White Rose ’ showed , was futile against the might of the Gestapo and resistance groups were necessarily compelled to continue their work in secrecy and isolation , their hostility to the Nazi regime was now far less out of touch with the climate of opinion than had been the case even a few months earlier , before Stalingrad .
2 They usually operate at 12 volts , but in the darkness of the garden even a low-powered light can seem surprisingly bright .
3 In the early eighteenth century poverty was partially responsible for the many applications for military rank , for in the first half of the century even a commission in a new regiment , and the near certainty of half-pay at the conclusion of the war emergency , was attractive .
4 Reckless confidence , for a single traitor or allied spy could have meant ruin for the whole scheme ; yet none in the Grand Army thought such a thing even a possibility .
5 Even so , it is a great deal more than would have been credited to a bird even a few years ago .
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