Example sentences of "even if [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kuijken ( ) , as ever , puts musical values first , and in this he reminds me very much of a firstgeneration ‘ authentic ’ recording made by the Collegium Aureum under Schmidt-Garden ( not yet available on CD ) , which similarly involved one textually in a way which few versions can match , even if one is left with the impression that many of the musical solutions may have registered almost as comfortably on modern instruments . |
| 2 | This being the case , it 's hardly surprising that the bucket seats grip you like a pair of pliers , that the suspension shakes your spine on potholed surfaces and that the engine noise makes a stereo unnecessary , even if one was provided . |
| 3 | Lifting the characters from the TV puppet studio onto the live stage takes a lot of adjustment , even if everything is prerecorded in America . |
| 4 | Moreover , even if what is needed is a review of the present state of laboratory-based and clinical aspects of the new reproductive technologies , it would be more appropriate to use the resources of universities , government agencies , and professional societies for this purpose . |
| 5 | In most cases , there are insufficient surviving remains to make it worthwhile conserving the site for public display : if it has been fully excavated , all that may remain to be seen are , literally , a few depressions in the natural subsoil , even if what was excavated above was quite spectacular . |
| 6 | Though he is too politically cautious to admit it in public , Mr Reilly knows he needs taxes as a weapon in the environmental arsenal , even if they are disguised under another label . |
| 7 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 8 | If there is to be any such thing as the Truth of History ( rather than several truths , even if they are organized into a system ) , our investigation must show that the kind of dialectical intelligibility which we have described … applies to the process of human history as a whole |
| 9 | Leapor is prepared to fight for her dignity , and , indeed , believes it is in women 's characters to resist a tyranny , even if they are deprived of the hope of success . |
| 10 | Tried and tested application programming interfaces , data structures , formats and protocols , will usually work in the same way even if they are encapsulated within other architectures . |
| 11 | A number of the 150 people who have contacted Age Concern England about the debt they face took up their scheme before this date and will not be able to obtain compensation even if they are granted an award through arbitration or private legal action . |
| 12 | Overseas persons are overseas ( or indeed UK ) securities firms ( whether brokers , dealers , banks , or investment managers or advisers ) who do not have a UK office for investment business ( even if they are authorised under the FSA ) . |
| 13 | The accounts , even if they are based on genuine memory as many undoubtedly are , are more examples of the kind of thing Jesus used to do . |
| 14 | But even if they are overcome , other more fundamental difficulties will remain . |
| 15 | It becomes a colossal step to re-enter working life , even if they are wanted back in the labour market . |
| 16 | They will retain this tonic immobility even if they are placed on their backs , giving certain human tricksters the chance to claim that they are capable of ‘ hypnotising frogs ’ . |
| 17 | Only a little thought will show what a nonsense this is , for , as we have just seen , no two individuals manifest their illnesses in exactly the same way even if they are given the same disease label . |
| 18 | Even if they are accepted from conviction , perhaps more often the case than political statements would imply , major vested interests have to be combatted to implement them . |
| 19 | And even if they are called they hardly ever come in time . |
| 20 | Bank customers are notoriously slow to shift their business , even if they are miffed . |
| 21 | 5.2 Miscellaneous It will be no breach of confidentiality to disclose documents on discovery in the course of litigation even if they are held subject to a duty of confidence owed to a third party . |
| 22 | Even if they are persuaded by these arguments , America 's banks face two big obstacles . |
| 23 | The general term ‘ sexual assault ’ is used here to include non-consensual sexual offences : there are various forms of sexual activity which are criminal even if they are indulged in consensually by adults of sound mind , and there was a brief discussion of these in Chapter 2.1 and 2.4 ( b ) . |
| 24 | Even if they are allowed , such measures may not be enough . |
| 25 | But even if they are carried , the second shot becomes fraught with danger . |
| 26 | Motions debated , even if they are carried , do not become a mandate . |
| 27 | Even if they are forced to jump , they can not cover anything like the distances achieved by the colobus . |
| 28 | These ‘ norms ’ have been shown to have very little relevance to the commercial 's subsequent marketplace performance , even if they are derived solely for the particular brand being advertised , and it is by no means clear what is actually being measured : it is certainly not the effectiveness of the commercial in the marketplace . |
| 29 | But even if they are qualified and on your establishment we can not but insist that they have a substantial teaching load as well , and I really do n't think that is any way to run a library … |
| 30 | The Directive applies not only to listed securities , but also to those quoted or dealt in with less formality ( e.g. on the British Unlisted Securities Market and the French Deuxième Marché ) and to traded options related to them ; this will be so even if they are issued by non-EC companies . |