Example sentences of "but even [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even Dr El-Essawy talks of tempers boiling over . |
| 2 | But even Dr Gardiner had trouble doing the last question which was one of the hardest on the whole paper . |
| 3 | But even Kodak is finding that differences in local union structures and local demand needs impede the full implementation of a uniform system ( Harris et al. , 1990 ) . |
| 4 | The states most severely affected have been Mozambique , Angola and Namibia , but even countries not centrally involved in the fighting — Zambia , Zimbabwe and the two states most immediately dependent on South Africa , Botswana and Lesotho — have felt its effects . |
| 5 | Hotel chains and other groups can support systems specialists , but even independents could benefit from making individuals responsible for the operation of information technology systems . |
| 6 | But even London Transport ca n't keep every train north of the river for ever — eventually they have to let one across . |
| 7 | But even writers who have no historical sense , like Mrs Radcliffe ( who provides Emily in 1584 with what is clearly a cottage ornee , complete with greenhouse , ‘ two excellent sitting rooms ’ and a rustic hall ) , are much more observant than their predecessors of different types of houses in the landscape . |
| 8 | But even Jacques Delors , the president of the European Commission , has called the Community 's response ‘ ineffectual ’ . |
| 9 | They may not understand the Deutschmark or live cattle , but even idiots know about the Yankee trade figures . |
| 10 | But even ISE chairman Hugh Smith admits that on the broking side not only will London 's share of cross-border deals have to fall ( it is now precariously high at 90% ) , but that brokers will have to be big and robust or smart and small to survive . |
| 11 | But even Josephus contradicts himself and declares almost as an afterthought , that there were Essenes who married . |
| 12 | But even Karen , rather to her amazement , swung her hips just that little extra . |
| 13 | I promised Fand I 'd bring her Undry , she thought ; but even Fand said she did n't think it would do any good … and there 's no point thinking about it because I just ca n't . |
| 14 | He said we are dealing with a conflict of evidence between two friendly countries but even friends can disagree . |
| 15 | But even rats can learn . |
| 16 | On other occasions Rutland ranked 22nd — 24th of English counties , well below not only Berkshire and Gloucestershire but even Buckinghamshire . |
| 17 | But even nostalgia can misremember ; I do n't think they 've ever served cabinet pudding in the Cabinet Office . |
| 18 | To take away false self-reliance is constructive but even self-deception may be better than having nothing to put in its place . |
| 19 | Now only Alf Hurst , he farms the land either side of the cutting , uses it to get across but even Alf does n't like it . |
| 20 | But even Morton , installed now in luxury at the Ministry of Economic Warfare , refused to show much interest . |
| 21 | But even Britain receives an average of around 100 watts per square metre in each 24 hours ; that is , an average of 100 kilocalories ( 100 kcal ) per hour . |
| 22 | Much of what he says about the roads and tracks depicted there is perceptive and useful , but even Professor Hoskins is wrong in the attribution of many of them . |
| 23 | But even gamekeepers can find the rules restrictive . |
| 24 | But even Butler has come to realise that in fulfilling the role of gamekeeper turned poacher he might not win friends but he could influence people . |
| 25 | THEY 'RE big names now but even superstars have had to survive stinging snubs on their way to success . |
| 26 | The Brundtland Commission may have made sustainable development the end-of-century watchword , defining it as ‘ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ’ , but even Tolba has wondered aloud whether it amounts to much more than a shibboleth . |
| 27 | Not only were boyfriends forbidden but even fathers were not allowed to cross the threshold to carry their daughter 's suitcases in . |
| 28 | But even Morse — especially Morse ! — was sometimes wholly wrong . |
| 29 | He wanted them to gather last Friday and be absented from their weekend round of Championship matches , but even Albert Ferrasse , the autocratic French Federation president , would not stand for that . |
| 30 | But even systems like that of the United States in which there is no such legally unlimited legislature may perfectly well contain an ultimate rule of recognition which provides a set of criteria of validity , one of which is supreme . |