Example sentences of "even when [pron] are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regrettably , this illogical and antediluvian attitude still persists even when we are dealing with nations substantially richer than ourselves . |
| 2 | Likewise the subject in the second example is the lady in the fur hat , and it remains that even when we are told that she is first in some set other than that of ladies in fur hats . |
| 3 | Now , in most of our utterances , the word acrobatic is obviously unlikely to appear at all ; and this holds good even when we are talking of some fine physical performance , on the one hand , or of acrobats and their activities , on the other . |
| 4 | * I* * have not seen enough of Best … and even when we are shown clips of Best at his best … |
| 5 | Even when we are balancing one consideration against another in a quite particular case , to decide which of two conflicting prima facie obligations is the more stringent , we are trying to reach such an intuition , but the wealth of detail which determines the relative degrees of stringency in this case will make it inexpressible in a formula mechanically applicable to other cases . |
| 6 | It is not difficult for corporate officials to cover themselves in ‘ purity ’ even when they are breaking the law because the ‘ structural immorality ’ of their corporate environment provides a library of verbal technique for neutralizing the moral bind of laws against corporate behaviour . |
| 7 | The most successful weepers are those who have integrated a loving carer into their experience , so that even when they are weeping alone they do not feel abandoned or frightened . |
| 8 | But even when they are recognized , his options are limited . |
| 9 | However , the sequence of somite formation and what they will form seems to be programmed early in development long before the somites themselves appear and provides a good example of how , once the programme is specified , the cells follow it even when they are placed in abnormal relationships . |
| 10 | Other writers have pointed to the pedagogical anxieties art teachers feel when they move from the security of their practical areas into a more conventional classroom environment — even when they are teaching art appreciation . |
| 11 | If we can achieve this it will make it much easier to keep the children engaged in the work throughout , even when they are watching what others are doing . |
| 12 | For instance , all verbs agree with their subjects in gender and number , which means that links between the two are clear even when they are separated by a number of embedded clauses with their own subjects and verbs . |
| 13 | The new law recognises that both parents continue to be responsible for their children even when they are separated or divorced : children are not something to be ‘ won or lost ’ in divorce proceedings . |
| 14 | Latterly it has become increasingly apparent that neighbouring small-scale communities , even when they are lumped together under the same " tribal " label , are just as likely to be sharply contrasted as they are to be very much the same . |
| 15 | I hurry past windows labelled ‘ everything must go ’ , even when they are fronting the most respectable shops . |
| 16 | It is a great tragedy that there are types of pain which fail to respond to narcotics even when they are given in large repeated doses . |
| 17 | Even when they are provided for it usually amounts to their being dumped on the few professionals from black and ethnic groups . |
| 18 | These children are often nagged and reprimanded by their mothers even when they are behaving well . |
| 19 | In practical terms , Cornwell 's ( 1984 ) data show that men play a far less active role in family life than women , and even when they are giving direct and practical support to a relative , their commitments are limited and bounded . |
| 20 | One of the major difficulties for practitioners in understanding the LM method is this idea of the patient continuing to take the remedy even when they are feeling better . |
| 21 | But even when they are judged by the same criteria , the evidence does not support the contention that private institutions perform better ( Goodsell 1983 , pp. 48–55 ) . |
| 22 | You will learn to hold your work with you even when you are prevented from doing it . |
| 23 | Jack did not realise that vertical lines are always straight up and down even when you are standing on a hillside . |
| 24 | The LM form of homœopathic medication is unusual in that once you are improving on the remedy you actually continue to take it even when you are feeling well . |
| 25 | Even when you are forced to physically type in words , there are many short-cuts . |
| 26 | Demoralising as the threat of redundancy may be , therefore , all is not necessarily lost even when you are told that you are among those who will have to leave . |
| 27 | But even when you are constrained by having to answer a question set for you , it is useful to bear in mind the range of possible essay genres , so that you can decide exactly which combination of focus and mode of argument you are required to adopt . |