Example sentences of "for even a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Losing sight of the tow plane for even a second can be lethal and the glider pilot must always release immediately if this happens . |
| 2 | For it 's no use looking to this novel for even a premonition of a cleansed Russia sitting at the feet of Jesus . |
| 3 | She longed for a weapon , for even a hairpin , and knowing that she did not have one , she knew too that she was totally defenceless , unarmed and alone . |
| 4 | If oil prices pushed up to $40 for even a couple of months , and if Middle Eastern fields became damaged , the contraction in the American economy could be severe . |
| 5 | In the majority of gardens there is insufficient space for even a small-scale meadow . |
| 6 | The disadvantages are the time it takes to build , and if you 're employing a builder , the cost — likely to be several thousand pounds for even a simple single garage . |
| 7 | Sewell was a dedicated surgical operator , although he was sometimes greatly inconvenienced by the disorderly conduct of students crowding and jostling each other for even a glimpse of what was going on . |
| 8 | The panel thinks this level of back-up is ‘ marginal ’ for even a programme of 24 nights a year . |
| 9 | But , dear Christ , they could hardly talk : Paddy with his bashed-in nose , the look of a hog and a missing leg ; and the woman — his wife ? — she was lucky for even a guy like him . |
| 10 | But more than anything else Sarah craved for even a glimpse of Angel . |
| 11 | The Standing Orders of the Houses are such , however , that no mere eccentric has much chance of disturbing the parliamentary calm for even a few seconds . |
| 12 | Only from ‘ position A ’ do they present a target large enough for even a short iron . |
| 13 | The 100 Group appreciates this and would be grateful for even a small gesture in the Budget , ‘ maybe with some indication that there could be more to come later' , Mr Lawrence suggests . |
| 14 | If the music should go on past 10 o'clock for even a minute or two , Muriel is out and about . |
| 15 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |
| 16 | Relationism situates both the form and content of knowledge in relation to its social context and while it avoids a reduction to the social basis of knowledge leaves no space for even a quasi-transcendental truth . |
| 17 | There are , however , no tigers in Sri Lanka , so they must have reached the southern tip of India when the land bridge to that island had disappeared and the sea gap become too wide for even a tiger to swim across . |
| 18 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains one of the most difficult companies to ferret information out of so we 're grateful for even a glimmer of intelligence . |
| 19 | Leave luggage unattended for even a few seconds |
| 20 | For Ho Chi Minh , formerly ‘ Nguyen the Patriot ’ , it was an accolade that corresponded to reality but of all the ‘ objective circumstances ’ which might be held to account for even a temporary communist victory in August 1945 at least the most striking and immediate was the political vacuum into which they moved . |
| 21 | The King had settled himself into such a groove of petulant determination that there was no question of the rejection of the bargain deflecting him for even a few days . |
| 22 | The civilians particularly were in a pitiful state , and everything necessary for even a meagre existence had disappeared . |
| 23 | Very large numbers of synonyms for even a few home addresses can make it impractical , however . |
| 24 | Beyond the double-doors lay only a compacted cave-in of concrete slabs and twisted metal , with not enough space for even a small dog to squeeze through . |
| 25 | If he could have evaded meeting the poor man for even a few days , this squabble over the saint 's bones would have been settled , one way or another , and Herluin would have been off on his travels , and taken Tutilo with him . |
| 26 | She was too restless to stay still for even a moment , but too tired to be able to think straight . |
| 27 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 28 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 29 | This traveller 's account from 1783 considered that outside , " the company is generally low " , but with fares equal to a fortnight 's wages for even a skilled craftsman , that must be considered a relative judgement on status . |
| 30 | As a means of reproducing plates in illustrated texts , lithography had not been in use for even a decade . |