Example sentences of "even [subord] [det] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time there are local choirs which strive to follow slavishly the cathedral model , even where this is either unsuccessful in terms of quality or inappropriate for their congregation . |
| 2 | The latter requires the agreement of both the appellant and the authority and even where this is so , the Secretary of State can decide that a hearing is desirable — for example , if there is much local feeling on the issue . |
| 3 | Both engagements illustrate Franco 's obsession with retaking lost territory , even where this was strategically unnecessary , regardless of the cost in terms of matériel , time and human suffering . |
| 4 | That was 1870 ; yet in 1881 Frances Mary Buss [ Miss Buss and Miss Beale/Cupid 's darts do not feel/How different from us/are Miss Beale and Miss Buss ] could say ‘ There is now no such thing as a ‘ woman 's education question ’ , ’ even if that were only a half truth . |
| 5 | Most income , however , counts and you will be assessed for income tax on : your pension , interest you receive from most types of savings , dividends from investments , any earnings ( even if these are only from casual work ) plus rent from any lodgers , if the amount you receive exceeds £3,250 a year . |
| 6 | No party can hope to win all of the seats in a constituency , even if these are as few as three . |
| 7 | The USA , he said , " would welcome additional ground-based forces , should countries see fit , even if these were only symbolic " . |
| 8 | Those hardy souls in the present century who ignore the mysteries and regard themselves as random atoms , moving purposelessly in a world of blind chance , must necessarily behave differently from those who , like so many in the nineteenth century , believed that they inhabited an ordered world in which they had moral duties to perform , even if these were obscurely glimpsed and seldom accomplished . |
| 9 | An extreme form of the second is the Spanish fighting bull which undergoes considerable pain before being despatched by the matador , even if this is skilfully done , and often it is n't . |
| 10 | The information may become inconsistent , and even if this is carefully watched , the two structures are using more memory than is really necessary , due to the duplication . |
| 11 | The authentic Sky Catalogue 2000.0 ( Cambridge University Press/Sky Publishing Corporation , 1982 ) gives its luminosity as 200000 times that of the Sun ; even if this is too high , Canopus still qualifies as a cosmic searchlight . |
| 12 | Even if this is only one of possible readings , these stanzas and the poem as a whole surely represent an extraordinarily searching and painful exploration of what may be involved , for people of today , in the Virgilian pietas . |
| 13 | They all do exams , even if this is only the one in childcare . |
| 14 | People are sensible to ignore these fruitless attempts at philosophy and ‘ content themselves with daily experience ’ and common sense , even if this is merely ‘ feeding upon acorns ’ . |
| 15 | My point is merely that even if this is so , the fact remains that narrow neutrality is often all that is meant by ‘ neutrality ’ . |
| 16 | But even if this is so , the Marian Council was distinctly different from the small executive and advisory board of the years 1540–1547 . |
| 17 | Some were part of my social life as well , even if this was simply lunching together in the staff canteen or dropping into the pub for a drink on the way home . |
| 18 | Despite his many diocesan commitments Father Conlin remained above all a pastoral priest , with an abiding concern for people as individuals , even if this was often hidden by his mischievous sense of humour , it was always recognised by everyone who met him . |
| 19 | Even if this were so , the implication has been made by catholic school supporters that catholic schools have not promoted or reinforced any measure of prejudice , and that no other possible type of school could improve on them ( Daly 1975 ) . |
| 20 | At the worst he can merely be accused of unwittingly acting out a fantasy , but even if this were so , it was a fantasy with very real consequences . |
| 21 | Even if this were politically possible , which it is not , petrol taxes punish the rural lunch-time driver at the same rate as the urban peak-time driver , when the latter causes far more harm . |
| 22 | A good deal of research carried out in Britain and elsewhere between the late 1940s and the present chiefly by industrial sociologists and psychologists , demonstrates fairly conclusively that a high proportion of people in their sixties and seventies can work effectively at their accustomed or preferred occupation , even when this is physically quite heavy or makes significant intellectual demands . |
| 23 | Yet millions of Europeans who may never have heard of Freud 's name are now affected by his work , even when this is grotesquely misinterpreted . |
| 24 | Ironically , as ‘ our ’ crime problem gets worse , the demand for even more ‘ law and order ’ policies increases , even though these are blatantly having no effect on the level of serious crimes . |
| 25 | A typical Neolithic mine is not very different from our contemporary idea of a mine even though these are over 4000 years old and the interior of the mine at Grimes Graves is shown in Figure 6.6 . |
| 26 | Deep feelings are aroused by such activities in those who care , even though these are sometimes personally repressed or professionally suppressed . |
| 27 | The Soviet Union 's clear lead over the USA in manned , especially long duration , space flights on the Mir space station , the ninth of which began on May 18 , 1991 , was increasingly being set against the scientific value of cheaper unmanned space probes , even though these were also subject to financial cutbacks . |
| 28 | ‘ Most churches are completely unprepared for the shock of finding an established member of the congregation is infected with HIV or dying with AIDS , even though this is increasingly common . ’ |
| 29 | Even though this is barely above the rate of inflation ( 6.1% ) , it stands ready to cut rates again . |
| 30 | Dementia has been known to improve , even though this is extremely rare . |