Example sentences of "even if we do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time .
2 But even if we do not , we must surely take seriously the witness those chapters bear to the freedom of God , particularly since we are still so prone in our self-important humanity to attempt to manipulate him .
3 In the case of Rose of Lima , who is simply a very extreme and therefore very demanding example of a more widespread phenomenon , it seems that we must at least understand , even if we do not wish to reclaim and emulate , the ideas about purity which governed her life .
4 In most common diseases of western society , we know more or less what has gone wrong , even if we do not know why it has gone wrong .
5 It is easy to tell if someone is angry or friendly towards us , even if we do not understand their language .
6 The result applies even if we do not have all > 0 since the device of adding a constant K to all terms simply adds K to and .
7 In this way the man and his sheep may linger in our minds , even if we do not remember the economic difficulties so clearly — ‘ The Last of the Flock ’ would make a good title for a Victorian narrative painting .
8 His general point may survive even if we do not share his preferences for physics , or even science .
9 Looking forward , and viewing ourselves as contributing to the development of provisionally held theories , it seems to offer no more than the hope that we might make a contributions even if we do not really understand what , how , or to what .
10 ‘ Now I shall tell you something which I wish you to remember , even if we do not meet again soon after this week . ’
11 Even if we do not want to take too seriously the feuds between Cato and Quinctius Flamininus ( Plut .
12 The Labour party needs him badly , even if we do not agree with him .
13 ( Even if we do not accept the predominant view that names lack a meaning fixed by social convention , no alteration is required in the principles we are sketching here . )
14 Even if we do n't like everything in the response to Arcic I , it will be progress , ’ Dr Runcie said .
15 Even if we do n't , I rather suspect we shall all be there !
16 I like going shopping with Marie , even if we do n't buy nothing .
17 And even if we do n't marry or live with a man , the fact that most women do means that every man will see a housewife when he sees us .
18 Most of us have heard of them even if we do n't understand exactly what they are .
19 And if we overstep the mark — or even if we do n't — we offer the manufacturer the right to reply — letting you , the reader , judge .
20 So even if we do n't call on you to , do it , you wo n't be called .
21 And even if we do n't understand the argument , we surely understand the conclusion ; and so the conclusion must be false .
22 In the computer graphics of Tron ( 1982 ) we are right down on the board with the players of video games , even if we do n't quite share their viewpoint ; the motorcycle shots , much quoted , show how exhilarating rapid movement along wholly imaginary perspectives can be .
23 I think we can all get the flavour of what the message is about even if we do n't understand all the language .
24 But even if we do n't , it wo n't really make any difference to the argument .
25 ‘ Yes , but Winnie does tell us the truth , does n't he , even if we do n't like it ?
26 Nevertheless sometimes it clearly has and other times it clearly has n't , so there does seem to be a line there , even if we do n't yet know , we certainly have to draw it .
27 On the other hand we do quite frequently mutter to ourselves as we try to deduce something logically — or even if we do n't make a sound we often use words in our head when trying to work out a complex problem .
28 But we could go up even if we do n't win at Wolves , depending upon on other results . ’
29 Even if we do n't quite achieve it by March 31 , we will have significantly reduced the number of patients waiting 12 months or more , ’ said Mr Flook .
30 She added : ‘ Even if we do n't take an altruistic approach its clear failure to act now is merely building up a very expensive problem for the future ’ .
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