Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] even [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such was the success of El Cid 's enlightened rule that even Alfonso began to follow suit , ceasing his raids on the Andalusian Moors and seeking treaties rather than warfare . |
| 2 | A Great White Shark , because it 's a livebearer that even cichlid fanatics would have to respect . |
| 3 | The industry which has flourished since Classical times at Torre del Greco south of Naples has developed such expertise that even corals of Japanese origin are imported there for fabrication . |
| 4 | The Young Conservatives involved , intoned Naughtie , a strong note of disapproval in his voice , were mainly Scottish West Coast , former members of the Federation of Conservative Students , a body so high on lager that even Mr Norman Tebbit had been obliged , when Party chairman , to disband them . |
| 5 | It 's the suicidal greatness of America , I think Annabel means , to have raised opportunism to such a point that even people who would n't dream of ditching anything else feel that this has to be plucked out . |
| 6 | Yet there is a danger here in over-gilding the memory of Attlee 's Whitehall — a danger that even familiarity with the formerly secret record of his government can not entirely eradicate . |
| 7 | AT THE very moment that even members of the UDM are admitting ( belatedly ) Arthur Scargill was correct all along , Frank Morris ( October 20th ) berates him for the ‘ vicious attack he unleashed upon innocents during the Heath administration ’ . |
| 8 | Nature is likely to follow art , art here being the pure abstraction of Stavrogin 's remark that even negation is more than he can manage . |
| 9 | She 's about the only person that even Crumwallis is reluctant to employ . |
| 10 | There have been so many changes in education that even teachers find it hard to keep up — so professionals as well as parents will welcome the Parents ' Information Checklist , £4.50 from the Advisory Centre for Education , 1b Aberdeen Studios , 22/24 Highbury Grove , N5 2EA . |
| 11 | They left Smithfield , taking a different route back into the city , past the ditch which smelt so rank and fetid that even Cranston , filled to his gills with wine , stopped to gag and cover his nose . |
| 12 | Chopin 's early C minor Sonata provides reassuring evidence that even geniuses take time to find their true voice and identity . |
| 13 | There is also considerable evidence that even people entitled to , for instance , free glasses , must still contribute significant amounts to the cost , because the value of the benefit has not kept up with the cost of glasses . |
| 14 | I was talking to Maazel on the morning before the performance , having battled through a snowstorm that even Puccini , in all the Pelléas -like flurries of Fanciulla 's Second Act , could hardly have exaggerated . |
| 15 | Rumours were circulating last week that even OSF/1 , its nominal raison d'etre , would be given short shrift in those re-prioritisations . |
| 16 | In one field the soil was arid ; nothing seemed able to grow there but a sort of grass that even sheep disdained , and thistles a hobbled donkey was sampling . |
| 17 | FoE claim that even EC standards are inadequate and that the government has been fogging the issue in the run up to privatisation . |
| 18 | We are confronted with a man whose sole aim in life is to manipulate and destroy others , a dedication to evil that even Macbeth and his wife do not match . |
| 19 | ‘ I know now that there is something between a mother and her baby that even time can not take away . |
| 20 | When Harry smeared away the blood from his face and opened his eyes again it was to see Isambard standing with one foot flattening the whip to the floor , and the bronze lantern of his face blazing with such an intensity of dangerous , silent fury that even Harry , who was no longer threatened , shrank with sympathetic dread . |
| 21 | The scientific establishment can resist a new idea with such complacent zeal that even Joshua with his trumpets would have no effect . |
| 22 | He had heard the speech often , not only from Joseph , but from those like him , committed , embittered men with a vision that even Patrick with all the wisdom of his twenty years , knew would never be achieved in his lifetime . |
| 23 | Travel is so much the norm that even family celebrations such as marriage have become part of the travel business . |
| 24 | Pearce was standing in front of him , talking angrily and pointing to those doors as two other men began to push clumsily inside , admitting a gale of icy air that even Cardiff could feel from his position . |
| 25 | Meredith knew herself no cook but , inspired by the thought that even Aunt Lou at eighty-three could produce a bean casserole , she managed to produce leeks rolled in thin slices of ham , topped with a slightly lumpy cheese sauce . |
| 26 | It is now certain that Malta 's coach , Pippo Psaila , could not predict what Scotland 's team will be , for the simple reason that even Roxburgh does not know the answer to that one yet . |
| 27 | Questions must also be asked about why the sprinter has only now , after five months of considerable time and expense from lawyers , advisers and athletics officials , revealed information that even Morphitis did not know about . |
| 28 | It was an image that even Chen recognised , flying , as it did , over every teahouse in Chung Kuo . |
| 29 | Its price is expected to be about £12,000 — which makes the Reliant a better bargain that even Del Boy could afford . |
| 30 | She spoke with such hauteur and conviction that even Hoomey wondered whether she was telling lies or the truth . |