Example sentences of "[conj] even ten " in BNC.

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1 It is much safer to fly at five or even ten feet until the towplane leaves the ground .
2 If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’
3 Ideally , you should start thinking about at least some of these points , especially those that relate to your pension and to any savings or investment plans , five or even ten years before you retire .
4 Many voters must be confused by a list of twenty or fifteen or even ten names .
5 I would n't have minded looking like that five years ago , come to think of it , or even ten .
6 But for people who do suffer head injuries like Mrs Asmoyah , it 's not uncommon for them to suddenly come round a week or even ten days later and be perfectly okay .
7 This ‘ splendid isolation ’ was explicable twenty or even ten years ago when the field of humanities computing was so wide open and the methods appropriate to historical teaching and research so poorly developed .
8 For instance , a year may be a reasonable period for a washing machine , but five years , or even ten , may be expected for building works .
9 The situation is very much easier today than even ten years ago when male/female roles were far more stereotyped and many couples felt that they had to conform to a set pattern for the sake of convention .
10 Five and even ten years ago academic librarians were generally aware of the demands and problems of user education in their sector , and the research and development projects gave them little reason to change the fundamentals of their approach .
11 I can never be grateful enough to them for the sacrifice they made to keep me at school , when even ten shillings a week would have relieved the pressure on the food bill .
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