Example sentences of "and [adv] even [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the period that Walker was picturing her women like this , constricting female fashion was changing ; corsets were abandoned , hair was shorn and eventually even trousers became acceptable . |
| 2 | There 's also this thing which is called agricultural fundamentalism right and the most developing c , most developed countries , most of the population live in urban areas and the they see erm er rural areas as being sort of the backbone of society , sort of the salt of the earth type of element in society that although they do n't participate in themselves would like to maintain right and so even consumers may well be would not want see erm agriculture obliterated from er , from their country right because they like the products that erm that agriculture produces and they think that you can of erm destroying of the agricultural industry would , would pose an unacceptable burden on the fabric of rural society and as a result are quite happy to see protectionism er fo , for that industry . |
| 3 | And , while they are badly in need of such innovations as a massive reafforestation programme , desalination facilities , an organised fishing industry , means to exploit their few mineral resources , and perhaps even tourism , they will not give up easily their island heritage . |
| 4 | Rumours were racing through the industry last week that Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC — and perhaps even IBM , apparently the most laggard of the trio — might indeed muster some support for Unix System Labs Inc 's Destiny launch on Tuesday , June 16 . |
| 5 | It will also challenge clubs like Nottingham — and perhaps even Cardiff — to become as effective as Saracens have been , not only in finding and developing new young talent , but in building such good relations with the junior clubs in their area as to make this process acceptable to both sides . |
| 6 | They probably think that , like most of the white men in this evangelical belt between the coffee plantations and the colobus monkey habitat , I have religious connections and perhaps even powers , the sort of powers that cause money to come to pass . |
| 7 | English political interests on balance dictated help for the Protestants , even though that in itself meant the risk of stirring up reaction from France and perhaps even Spain . |
| 8 | But Dalton wrote no chemical equations , though he did use symbols to indicate composition and perhaps even structure . |
| 9 | Certainly , an attack on southern planning models , national legislation , and perhaps even bureaucratisation was implicit in all of this but the issue of personal culpability clouded and discredited these important points . |
| 10 | Britain was proving itself to be better than the ungovernable ‘ banana republic ’ of hostile critics in 1975–6 , but still an ailing ex-imperial giant lacking focus and perhaps even faith . |
| 11 | Although I remained resolute that my partnership with Charlie would come to an end the moment I was offered a place at university , I still believed that with his energy and drive , combined with my level-headed approach in all matters financial , we would surely have impressed my father and perhaps even Granpa Charlie . |
| 12 | Besides saving on charges , you will also avoid rows with your bank manager , and perhaps even disconnection . |
| 13 | A campaign scandal is threatening to tar several Socialist leaders , including more than one minister and perhaps even President Mitterrand himself . |
| 14 | There was clearly a need for a fundamental reappraisal of future strategies , policies and perhaps even alignments . |
| 15 | Halpern ( 1986 ) derides their apparent conviction that ‘ it is frightening and perhaps even unAmerican to consider the possibility that even a small part of the sex differences in spatial abilities ( or any cognitive ability ) , may be attributed to biological factors ’ ( 1986 : 1014 ) . |
| 16 | Gains can be made for months and perhaps even years afterwards . |
| 17 | dolphins show marked development of those parts of the brain responsible for orientation , social skill , emotional self-control and perhaps even humour … . they seem to have responded to social and sexual pressures rather than to the purely physical . |
| 18 | Sociobiologists discuss genes for male chauvinism , feminism , communism and perhaps even belief in the tooth fairy , with the solemnity once reserved for debates on the number of angels that can dance on a pin head . |
| 19 | Such aspects are conventional but non-truth-conditional elements of sentence-meaning , e.g. what we shall call conventional implicatures , and ( at least on many theories ) presuppositions , and perhaps even aspects of illocutionary force ( concepts expounded in the Chapters below ) . |
| 20 | The earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest inhabitant , and another era of equal human crime and human improvidence … would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness , of shattered surface , of climatic excess , as to threaten the depravation , barbarism , and perhaps even extinction of the species . |
| 21 | The consultant may use thumbs , fingers , elbows and perhaps even knees and feet to apply the pressure . |
| 22 | He 's one of the initiates , and in my opinion that counts for , and perhaps even excuses , a lot . |
| 23 | The kettle-out-of-tin-can-makers of Accra , the barefoot engineers of Bombay , and the hawkers of everything-under-the sun of Jakarta were showing flexibility and perhaps even salvation for the Third World poor . |
| 24 | At last the choruses dropped to a quartet , to a duet , and finally even Lachlan 's fine solo baritone petered out . |
| 25 | Senior managers could expect to receive all or some of the following benefits : food on duty , accommodation , a car for business and private use plus running costs , one month ; s annual leave or more with at least one return air ticket to his country of origin for himself and his family , full medical and life cover , and possibly even school fees for his children either in the country of origin or that in which he is based . |
| 26 | The collective behaviour of all the inhabitants as well as certain idiosyncrasies and possibly even eccentricities can make some contribution to the overall design . |
| 27 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 28 | The purpose of this chapter has been to show how carers and the informal care network becomes part of the family network , and possibly even part of the family system with which social workers must work . |
| 29 | At the time of writing , these assessments are being digested by NAB which will have to make rapid and unpalatable decisions concerning the closing of courses , and possibly even institutions . |
| 30 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |