Example sentences of "that even [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all the messages that the parliaments of women busily exchanged among themselves stuck at one figure whom their spate of stories , their laughter and malice , could n't break down or wash away , a special kind of other woman , a figure so pitiful and so ludicrous that even jokes could n't make her situation spicy , and yet she outnumbered all others , because so many men had gone away alone , to America , both North and South . |
| 2 | She 's about the only person that even Crumwallis is reluctant to employ . |
| 3 | And will he be far-sighted enough to guess that even DNA may itself have been a usurper of yet more remote and primitive replicators , crystals of inorganic silicates ? |
| 4 | Faye began to struggle to sit up , but Belinda forestalled her , relieved that the other woman had n't commented on the tired bags beneath her eyes that even make-up could n't fully conceal . |
| 5 | Meredith knew herself no cook but , inspired by the thought that even Aunt Lou at eighty-three could produce a bean casserole , she managed to produce leeks rolled in thin slices of ham , topped with a slightly lumpy cheese sauce . |
| 6 | Unfortunately he found like others that even eminence in science did not automatically bring emolument , and in 1863 he contemplated moving to Manchester ; but Samuelson then came up with the proposal of producing a new Quarterly Journal of Science , which duly appeared in January 1864 under the editorship of Crookes and Samuelson . |
| 7 | It means that even gardens are no longer cared for in the despair that is felt . |
| 8 | On the right of trade unionists to join a trade union of their choice , the hon. Gentleman seems to have forgotten that even Bill Morris , the general secretary-elect of the trade union that sponsors the hon. Gentleman , has said : ’ today when we are about choice and opportunity for the individual there is no choice in this matter or opportunity within them ’ . |
| 9 | It is now certain that Malta 's coach , Pippo Psaila , could not predict what Scotland 's team will be , for the simple reason that even Roxburgh does not know the answer to that one yet . |
| 10 | A Great White Shark , because it 's a livebearer that even cichlid fanatics would have to respect . |
| 11 | Gordon is , potentially , the first pop star called Gordon since Sting , and you may have noticed that even Sting does n't call himself Gordon . |
| 12 | Hinrich Medau evolved a simple method of teaching piano improvisation so that even students who have never played the piano before and have no previous knowledge of music almost all learn to play well for movement , even if only in a very simple way . |
| 13 | Moreover , modern legislation has made possible ( within limits ) the creation of an irrevocable power of attorney , so that even knowledge of the principal 's death or insanity will not affect the validity of acts done under it . |
| 14 | The fact that even companies with strong sporting images , such as BMW , have now decided to enter the UK 's fledgling diesel market is another indication that it is only a matter of time before there is a diesel option of every car currently on sale in petrol guise . |
| 15 | He had heard the speech often , not only from Joseph , but from those like him , committed , embittered men with a vision that even Patrick with all the wisdom of his twenty years , knew would never be achieved in his lifetime . |
| 16 | It was an image that even Chen recognised , flying , as it did , over every teahouse in Chung Kuo . |
| 17 | To the chagrin of rationalists such as John Stuart Mill , the family , not the individual , was regarded as the basic unit of society and increasingly a substitute for lost faith , so that even positivists like Frederic Harrison , who rejected supernatural religions , supported an almost Catholic orthodoxy of marriage as the gateway to family responsibility . |
| 18 | There have been so many changes in education that even teachers find it hard to keep up — so professionals as well as parents will welcome the Parents ' Information Checklist , £4.50 from the Advisory Centre for Education , 1b Aberdeen Studios , 22/24 Highbury Grove , N5 2EA . |
| 19 | It came out so matter-of-factly that even Joy and Alan did n't notice and our new guest was , luckily , slightly deaf . |
| 20 | Nor is it fashionable to admit that even monsters have their uses . |
| 21 | Of course few people possess sufficient evidence to argue strongly for the extreme poles of the personal/institutional development issue , and it is unlikely that even Stenhouse or Hoyle would have denied that there is a middle ground which acknowledges the interaction of the system and the individual . |
| 22 | When Harry smeared away the blood from his face and opened his eyes again it was to see Isambard standing with one foot flattening the whip to the floor , and the bronze lantern of his face blazing with such an intensity of dangerous , silent fury that even Harry , who was no longer threatened , shrank with sympathetic dread . |
| 23 | ‘ What you must understand is that even convicts have a twisted code of ethics that they live by . |
| 24 | Chopin 's early C minor Sonata provides reassuring evidence that even geniuses take time to find their true voice and identity . |
| 25 | Also , the findings for the causal task indicate that even five-year-olds have some knowledge of the directional component of the causal connectives ' meaning , in that their mean score is considerably higher than the score ( of 8 ) which one would expect if they were simply responding at chance level . |
| 26 | Since such institutions are the heaviest investors in commercial property , their requirements have driven the market , so that even landlords who are not institutions require an " institutionally acceptable " investment . |
| 27 | They need to remember that even Jesus did not primarily draw attention to himself , but taught men that they could find the Father through the way he showed , the truth he revealed , and the life he lived . |
| 28 | Her tightly tailored strapless dress matched her lips exactly , as did the shoes that even Belinda recognised as highest quality Italian leather , the kind of leather with a fine grain that was almost like satin to the touch . |
| 29 | Rescrawling Tommy Titmouse on her list I was interested to see how long it had grown , and I noticed that even Mercer had n't been let in without signing . |
| 30 | Such has been the volume of turnover in personnel from Pakistan that even Ulster 's two inter-pro debutantes at Whitechurch Park can harbour claims for an Ireland place . |