Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] even [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Far more AB ( upper middle class ) people read the Daily Mirror than The Times or Guardian even though they were a tiny proportion of the total Mirror readership .
2 It knows the right and wrong which have been instilled into it and — a contentious assertion — sometimes it seems to know what is right or wrong even although it has no behavioural conditioning for that situation .
3 It is extremely easy to mistype codes or numbers even when one is thoroughly familiar with the type of information which is being entered .
4 We assume , in both the individual and the political cases , that we can recognize other people 's acts as expressing a conception of fairness or justice or decency even when we do not endorse that conception ourselves .
5 What on earth can that superb balderdash mean , especially to a villager in India or Tanzania even if it was translated into Hindi or Swahili ?
6 The guest turns out to be Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly , " a very great doctor " , who in a role half-priestly and half-analytical reconciles Edward and Lavinia even though their marriage has already been described by him as that of
7 Already in The Black Riders , though , he has begun to grow up and Violet Needham has begun to equip him for the role of teacher and mentor even as he is still meeting the challenge of danger with the eager opportunism of a boy .
8 Is it possible that ‘ secular ’ Protestants have a good deal of respect for evangelical beliefs and values even though they do not share them ?
9 They also had to be decorated with braid and ribbons even when they were out ploughing in the winter ; George Sadler told me :
10 Erm I I 've done a lot of listening this evening er and I 'm sure you have too from from the way in which the the rest of the board have been responding er with there eyes and ears even if they have n't always been open .
11 Wordsworth had been exhausted by his efforts as early as 1804 ( see Ode to Duty ) , and he would probably have returned to conventional pieties and religion even if his brother 's death had not accelerated to process .
12 A , because it 's not an idiom , and B even if it were it would be a whole sentence , because walk is intransitive .
13 This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself .
14 Once again , the marketing mentality permeates these specialist services for they need to understand marketing principles and concepts even if they do not directly involve themselves in the data and planning .
15 Accordingly the law insists that a former employee can not be prevented from turning to his own account his professional skill and knowledge even though it may have been acquired whilst in employment and at the employer 's expense .
16 By supporting their own candidates , they were challenging Baldwin 's authority and leadership even though he had been given a vote of confidence by the Party in 1931 .
17 You 'd be surprised , some of them make bookings with the beautician and hairdresser even before they come on board . ’
18 I can not accept that I should adopt a live-and-let-live neutral attitude to hawks and pigeons even though I accept the fact that we share very similar body mechanisms and an identical world .
19 I was wracked by anxiety and guilt even before I made the decision .
20 He regretted that Plato had not broken with the gods of the old cults and myths even though he had evidently known them to be false .
21 In rugby , as in most aspects of life in South Africa , we have agreed to let go of the old ways and leaders even though no-one can know where the new ways will lead us — or where the new leaders will come from .
22 I can say this with sympathy and love even though I am , as many know , entirely supportive of the ordination of women .
23 She carries in her wings great power and mystery even though she has been cast in these Cages for so long .
24 Men must have their chastity and virginity even if it is make belief and at the cost of women 's health .
25 ‘ People who hang on to their land and property even if it kills them , so we 've never had to worry about money and that 's why we 're such nice people . ’
26 But I do n't think I could cope on my own without my mum and dad even if I did have all that money .
27 So why does a company with such a history of agility and skill remain tied to pots and pans even though they act as such a drag on its performance ?
28 This point emerged in a 1986 case in which the High Court accepted that a person seeking a job relies on the accuracy of a reference about his character and capabilities even if he does not actually ask for it himself .
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