Example sentences of "[noun sg] to even [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A party without influence , a party with opposition to even talk about . |
| 2 | What a fool to even try ! ’ |
| 3 | Shaking her head , she said , ‘ Richard would never take the risk , and I 'd be a fool to even consider it . ’ |
| 4 | Even given that these are projected figures , it would take a massive error to even get close to a break-even , never mind a situation whereby track costs were not covered . |
| 5 | The tactile grooming experience also appears to be enjoyed in much the same way a dog likes to be scratched and stroked , and many predatory species forgo the chance of a quick meal in favour of a good grooming allowing the tiny cleaner to even clamber around inside their mouths without harm . |
| 6 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |
| 7 | In contrast with the analysis of female underachievement , there appears to be a refusal to even consider that black underachievement ( and disruption ) could be a collective , rational , response to a discriminatory social system ( John , 1981 is an exception ) . |
| 8 | Indeed , this refusal to even recognise that the populations of the Arab world do have a role to play in establishing the future stability of the Middle East and North Africa typifies the current state of Western strategic thinking over the region . |
| 9 | My failure to even get interviewed soon demonstrated to me that , even though Goldsmiths had accepted me despite my disability , I would have to fight very hard to get any further . |
| 10 | Is your journey really necessary ? the posters demanded accusingly , making it downright unpatriotic for a civilian to even think of occupying a seat on a passenger train . |
| 11 | As a consequence , there is a reluctance to even devote thinking time to this subject . |
| 12 | But when the subject in question is incest , it is easy to see why a little coaxing to even recognise the scale of the problem is needed . |
| 13 | Erm I mean I I , I do n't know , I mean i it 's not not , it 's not my business to even look |
| 14 | Straightforward conversation wife to wife , well again she must have been told that by her husband to even mention it . |
| 15 | Assuming £100 a foot to build 60,000 square feet , this would bring the total cost to £20m , a scandalous figure for any efficient organisation to even contemplate . |
| 16 | As far as I can tell , they have all three led blameless lives , had no criminal connection , kept themselves to themselves and as separate from Moslems as they could , and had no occasion to even meet a Zikr , let alone enter into a relationship with one which might lead them to want to kill him . |
| 17 | Give you a flipping chance to even enjoy it , do they ? ! |
| 18 | And it 's sacrilege to even think of altering that lovely home . ’ |
| 19 | I recognize that it represents a major change in policy to even consider the idea of recruiting the unemployed , but I understand the C E C for looking for referral and we will be happy with that this year . |
| 20 | It Is an act of courage for a fat woman to even go out in public . |
| 21 | Further impractical solutions include forbidding obese people to reproduce : the effect of this would be surprisingly small , and it would take several generations of extremely unpopular enforced birth control to even halve the rate of obesity in the population . |
| 22 | Apart from the problem of elderly or disabled people having to walk around parked cars into the middle of the road to even attempt signalling a bus , there remains the difficulty of boarding a bus away from the raised pavement . |
| 23 | It was a terrible thing to even try and shoo them away . |
| 24 | It was the part of him that found it too much of a strain to even think about organizing his work . |
| 25 | Yet it was late and when the hands of the grandfather clock in the kitchen pointed to eleven-thirty he cleared his throat unnecessarily noisily and said , ‘ I doubt if the weather 's going to clear up enough tonight for your dad to even try to get here . |
| 26 | You will follow every suggestion she makes because the only way you can get back to Paris is on two feet and I doubt your ability to even walk across this room . ’ |
| 27 | But she did not retaliate : she was too upset , almost confused at her previous treatment to even pay attention . |
| 28 | well Akhenaten took it even further and it was an offence punishable by death to even say the word gods and if you visit Ancient Egypt and walk around the ruins , you will occasionally know they were fond of putting these hieroglyphic erm er inscriptions over everything . |
| 29 | Rachel had a fleeting impression of mid-brown hair , clear grey eyes , clean-shaven strong features and a firm square jaw , then , not giving her time to even think , her hand was clasped in a firm handshake as Julie went on , ‘ Rachel , David Markham . |
| 30 | The move brought his mouth much too close to hers , and he took advantage of that fact before she had time to even consider evasive action . |