Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and even [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 2 | Communication is a social practice and even if systematic distortion is removed , existential determination is not . |
| 3 | Naturally , there are no perfect vacuums and even if we create a perfect vacuum inside the tube , the elements will ‘ outgas ’ ( the material will put out oxygen and other molecules from gases absorbed in the metal ) and the vacuum will not be perfect any more . |
| 4 | So many expressions crossed his dark face and even when he was amused there was a sort of hard sensuality about him . |
| 5 | There is also the problem that performance testing is highly susceptible to personal distractions and even though the tests and conditions of testing can be standardized , the motivation of those taking them cannot. for example , in some of our own experiments we found that subjects like to accompany each testing session with music . |
| 6 | All percussion has a pervasive sound and even when played quietly the effect of one instrument does not go unnoticed . |
| 7 | I wondered if he would teach the right things and even if he knew enough himself ! |
| 8 | No er at er briefing , officers are again reminded of their responsibilities within the law , as to reasonable force and even when the officer issuing firearms , which is not myself , er an officer of inspector rank issues the firearms , er arms to the individual officers , they are again reminded of their responsibilities within the criminal law . |
| 9 | Monumental architecture in Greece was first developed in temples and long largely confined to sanctuaries ; and sculpture in the archaic period and even after is exclusively associated with religion . |
| 10 | As old age advances this can become a very disturbing experience and even where the medical problem is not grave the hospitalization itself can accelerate confusion and frailty among old people . |
| 11 | Erm I think you know it 's was one of the cliches of history that er that that intellectual movements developed counter-intellectual movements and even while one intellectual movement is fading out like the er er it 's counter is rising . |
| 12 | Where there is nothing to show that the parties have used language in any other than its strict and ordinary sense , and where the words interpreted in that sense are sensible with reference to extrinsic circumstances , it is an inflexible rule of construction that the words shall be interpreted in that strict and primary sense even though they may be capable of some popular or secondary interpretation and even though the most conclusive evidence of the intention to use them in such popular sense is tendered ( Enlayde Ltd v Roberts [ 1917 ] 1 Ch 109 : obligation to reinstate property destroyed by fire included an obligation to reinstate where the destruction was caused by incendiary bombs ) . |
| 13 | Other occupations have adopted the professional rhetoric and even if they have done so in order to enhance their status and monopoly or guild power , they have had to accept the concomitant constraints on self-interested behaviour . |
| 14 | At the moment , nuclear power contributes approximately three percent to our national consumption of fuels , a small figure and even if we multiplied it tenfold that would be thirty percent . |
| 15 | In any event , and this is the real answer , Bismarck had not yet given up hope of bringing his scheme to a successful conclusion and even though it seemed difficult to envisage just how this could be done , he waited for his moment . |
| 16 | I have seen at long last that I need to be free of my beloved mistress and even as I write that word it is hollow for how can I love one who no longer has the least regard for me ? |
| 17 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 18 | It 's much tougher than amateur golf and even if you shoot a good round , you could be lying in only 10th or 12th place . ’ |
| 19 | As we have seen in the last chapter the surface of even the smoothest glass is infested with tiny invisible cracks and even if it were not , it soon would be when it had brushed against some other solid . |
| 20 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 21 | They have slipped from the standards which have earned them recent success and even though West will be without half back stars Jonathan Wrigley and John Stabler , both injured , they are strong favourites . |
| 22 | So we use cardboard boxes and even if you 're moving crockery , you put half or a third of what you 'd put in a tea chest goes into er a a a cardboard box . |
| 23 | In any event the ‘ Far East ’ solution depended , with rather specious simplicity , on the ability to separate communist sheep from nationalist goats and even though the distinction was recognized as the sine qua non of a solution , it assumed that those who would not support genuine independence , once it was granted by the French , would identify themselves as communists : and would thereby distinguish themselves from the rest of the ‘ nationalist elements ’ who comprised the major part of the resistance forces . |
| 24 | A local plan , however , is still a fairly new procedure but gathering in momentum although there are still authorities which do not have formal plans and even where there is such a plan they often only cover parts of the authority 's administration area , usually the central area only . |
| 25 | With any cichlids it is territorial requirements that are the limiting factor and even though it is a good size it will not hold more than three pairs of Dwarfs ( or trios if you go for Apistogrammas ) . |
| 26 | With any cichlids it is territorial requirements that are the limiting factor and even though it is a good size it will not hold more than three pairs of Dwarfs ( or trios if you go for Apistogrammas ) . |
| 27 | It gives a more realistic view and even though you want Pip to finally get Estella as you feel that he deserves that after all his hardship you know that it must be impossible because of Estella 's character . |
| 28 | Where a defendant is familiar with the trade in question he may be taken to have knowledge of the existence of a contract even though he can not identify the other contracting party and even though he may have no direct information about any particular contract at all . |