Example sentences of "even if [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And anyway , even if we really understood how to measure intelligence , that is not the point . |
| 32 | Even if we always had ‘ potential ’ . |
| 33 | Even if we now find it difficult to accept that these were real or substantial recompenses for the life she had chosen to live we can not reasonably question that she did . |
| 34 | But even if we now feel more personal sympathy for the manipulated foster-parent , we can still ask why natural selection has allowed the cuckoos to get away with it . |
| 35 | Even if we only got all those old tickets and things into green bags and started cleaning that out it would it would look as though we 're making some effort . |
| 36 | Even if we only have a tin of soup , that will do me . |
| 37 | To sacrifice ourselves , even if we only buy our Brothers extra moments ? ’ |
| 38 | ‘ Even if we only manage to save 1% of that then £1.4 will have fed straight into our bottom-line profit , ’ says Robert Nicol , recently appointed corporate manager , Purchasing and Supply . |
| 39 | How we live is inescapably linked to what we think about our origin and our destiny , even if we only discuss these mysteries late at night in the company of a few friends . |
| 40 | Because we , even if we ever came to a final close if |
| 41 | This was , in part at least , in pursuit of the idea that ‘ if it 's broadcasting , then the BBC does it ’ ( even if someone else does too ) . |
| 42 | Even if someone else comes up to us and tips us off about a possible shoplifter we can only act if we see the person steal again , ’ she adds . |
| 43 | Females tend to disperse themselves among the males but in cases where a male has an especially good territory a female may opt to breed with him even if he already has a mate , rather than go for one without . |
| 44 | If he had a new night special , even if he later grew to like her , he would start by trying to play her up just as he had me , and , since she had told me herself , Daisy Yates . |
| 45 | Even if he now commanded her , as he was undressing , to open her eyes she would not see his powerful , barrel-chested body as it came at her . |
| 46 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 47 | How you look at someone , the attention you give them and your body language are all means of communication and can have a strong effect upon the recipient , even if he only perceives it on a subconscious level . |
| 48 | Even if he only held his cottage on a tenancy , a cottager could usually keep animals on the common pasture land , and collect fuel from the land unsuited to agriculture , known as the waste . |
| 49 | Even if he still felt the same it was no good if I was going to drive myself mad by becoming obsessive . |
| 50 | Afterwards Jacques Poos , the Luxembourg Foreign Minister , declared that President Gorbachev said that " he would continue on the path to reform even if he sometimes had to take a detour " . |
| 51 | West Germany was still very prosperous in the late 1970s , improvements were being made in living standards and Schmidt was able to limit the difficulties in the economy , even if he often seemed to react to events rather than to give the country any real sense of direction . |
| 52 | Thus , prima facie , the party who receives such a document should be bound by relevant standard terms and conditions , even if he never reads the document , and is unaware that they exist . |
| 53 | But there was evidence that Ken did attempt it , even if he never went through with any serious kind of sexual activity . |
| 54 | But then he knew he would n't , because he would be doing it for just that reason even if he really preferred tea with lemon . |
| 55 | The lover of power is attracted to the viewpoint of the strongest , the one who can , even if he graciously refrains , force others to act against their wills ; he may himself achieve power , or fantasize it , or in consciousness of impotence prefer to look down on himself through the eyes of real or imaginary conquerors . |
| 56 | This happens even if he subsequently rolls a 6 for his ‘ Eadbangerz Test . |
| 57 | Even if you just use them as memory joggers , they could prove invaluable if there is ever a quarrel about who actually said what and when . |
| 58 | As the illustration above shows , even if you just use the Family Rail Card once , it will earn its keep . |
| 59 | if you , even if you just go in a shop and ask for something , I tell you what I 'll send you in butchers with it , for one or two bits and |
| 60 | And even if you just pop in for a welcome drink , look out for our Happy Days bar promotions . |