Example sentences of "even if [pron] [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of penal reform has been marked by resistance to novelty ; people need time to get used to ideas , even if they come to oppose them . |
| 2 | Most such classifications should be treated with some caution , however , even if they help to identify the groups seeking accommodation within the rural housing market . |
| 3 | At a larger distance , none the less , a pattern of partial unity of purpose grows faintly visible , and the old romancers and young realists of post-war Britain by now look one in what they denied and defied , even if they remain opposed in style and in the positives of dogmatic faith . |
| 4 | The concerns of the Chicago School are still relevant , even if they require supplementing by reference to social relations and processes . |
| 5 | I think people should stick with what suits them , even if they 've had the same thing for years . |
| 6 | Because er , inevitably man has got ta leave their home , even if they 've had a father erm who 's been a if they 've had no father at all , they 're gon na leave and they 're gon na face a world where they have to be a man and they 're gon na have to find their own male morals , and I think the , the responsibility , basically , has got ta come to men to change not for us to change them . |
| 7 | Those links enable EDI users to communicate with one another even if they 've opted to subscribe to different networks . |
| 8 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
| 9 | ‘ It does n't matter what people have got , whether it 's photographs , programmes , even if they 've got memories in their head they can write down . |
| 10 | Even if they 've got scampi shall I get fish |
| 11 | Gorillas , dolphins and whales certainly have a reputation for being peace-loving and harmless to humans but , on the other hand , tigers and polar bears are both well known as potential man-eaters , while elephants can hardly be described as innocuous , even if they prefer to mind their own business most of the time . |
| 12 | This state can be induced in about three-quarters of the population ; the rest for some unknown reason can not achieve it even if they wish to do so . |
| 13 | In the case of remand prisoners there is often no opportunity to work , even if they wish to do so . |
| 14 | It 's okay , even if they get send down then of course they can still appeal but you ca n't it 's ridiculous |
| 15 | Never disturb nests or baby birds and never take eggs from a nest — even if they seem abandoned . |
| 16 | In accordance with legislation in force at the time of adoption of the Savings Related Share Option Scheme in 1990 the Rules provide that employees may exercise their options on reaching state pension age , even if they continue to work after that date . |
| 17 | Where such pupils also have speech impairments , there may be a case for exempting them altogether from — or modifying — some of the assessment arrangements , even if they continue to pursue the attainment targets and programmes of study . |
| 18 | Deaf people in the community appear to learn BSL easily , even if they have to wait until they have left school . |
| 19 | Other occupations have adopted the professional rhetoric and even if they have done so in order to enhance their status and monopoly or guild power , they have had to accept the concomitant constraints on self-interested behaviour . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner . |
| 21 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 22 | Erm however even if they have joined they are n't actually actively erm |
| 23 | ‘ Now that I 've had the frocks made , I think I will definitely do the pantomime — even if they have to suspend me from pegs , ’ she declared . |
| 24 | have it within their power to resolve the matter very speedily by going to the commission and providing full notification , even if they have to negotiate with the commission over provisions which the submission was moved , then they can get that exemption back dated and , and |
| 25 | Football since the 1950s has come to provide a kind of surrogate community for the young ; the club defines their identity and the ‘ end ’ is their territory , even if they have moved out to high-rise blocks miles away . |
| 26 | Note that prodder-armed Goblins can fight from a rear rank even if they have moved — unlike spears which can only do so when stationary ( see the Warhammer rulebook ) . |
| 27 | Football since the 1950s has come to provide a kind of surrogate community for the young ; the club defines their identity and the ‘ end ’ is their territory , even if they have moved out to the high-rise blocks miles away . |
| 28 | The exploitation of ethnicity may perhaps work as a form of primitive accumulation of cultural capital , but it does nothing to enlarge the audience or scope of such work , which is why most artists and writers of any stature have rejected this appellation , even if they have benefited indirectly from it . |
| 29 | This blend of closeness and distance is represented in popular imagery of grandparents : they are people who spoil their grandchildren and are indulgent towards their misdemeanours , even if they have brought up their own children rather strictly . |
| 30 | There will be an ever-widening gap between maintained and private schools , and especially boarding schools , which will have to continue to provide extra-curricular activities , even if they have to pay extra to their staff to enable them to do so . |