Example sentences of "even if it was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the fact that people believed sexual liberation was going on — somewhere else — that was influential , even if it was not really happening . |
| 2 | So community autonomy was a contingent achievement of those who were more distant from central power , and who had a potential common loyalty against outsiders , even if it was not active all of the time . |
| 3 | Indeed it could be argued that a dynastic conflict involving the interests of the Houses of Orléans , Bourbon , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern was the means chosen to bring down the Empire , even if it was not really the cause . |
| 4 | In the typical pre-industrial village the community , even if it was not tribal , was based on mutual rights , duties and obligations . |
| 5 | Also , the water would dilute the virus to such an extent that even if it was not killed , there would be no risk of anyone becoming infected . |
| 6 | The latter is not entirely true , of course : the sociologists of the prison did provide evidence of causal significance in the effects of imprisonment , as we saw ( even if it was not , usually , their concern to do so ) . |
| 7 | And even if it was not it allowed both sides an extra nine months in which to strengthen their positions . |
| 8 | There was , however , published evidence to suggest that library and resource centre provision should be combined , at least in management terms , even if it was not always possible to bring them together physically . |
| 9 | It was at this moment , with a faint feeling that made the hair on his head prickle , that Coffin got the first intimation that even if it was not his case , he himself was in it . |