Example sentences of "[adj] even [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once some set of rules has been established in this way , we might well think it more important that these rules be publicly regarded as settled , so that people can plan accordingly , than that they be the best rules that could have been found ; this provides a reason why courts should leave the rule untouched even when they think the wrong choice was made in the first instance . " |
| 2 | And remember , Roger , the thread had been removed , the fuse destroys itself , and people coming in and out of the room , once the bed was on fire , would scarcely think it suspicious even if they saw the odd burn mark on the floor . |
| 3 | To feed them on food which does them no good at all even though they like the taste would be irresponsible on waters where carp baits are the major part of the fish 's diet . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 5 | The NSA had naturally taken enormous trouble to keep Minaret and Shamrock secret since they were quite illegal even though they had the tacit approval of President Nixon , another Henry II Syndrome casualty ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 6 | But one is narrowly neutral even if one provides the Reds with normal food supplies . |
| 7 | It is part of their religion , a religion I do not scoff at as it holds many elements which match our own even though it lacks the truth of ours . |
| 8 | There may perhaps be properties which are evidence-transcendent , by which we mean that it is always possible that they be absent even though we have the best possible evidence of their presence . |