Example sentences of "even [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More bad luck years even than breaking a mirror . |
| 2 | He had n't realised pregnancy was such a dislocating experience , or even that getting married itself would cause such an upheaval . |
| 3 | This is an important topic ; it often happens that an approximate reciprocal of a matrix A is known : perhaps from a rough calculation , or one in which an error has been made , or even that belonging to a neighbour matrix of A. Refinement of this approximate reciprocal is then required . |
| 4 | Even if hiring , think about taking a thin wetsuit . |
| 5 | Even if manufacturing America looks relatively healthy , financial America does not . |
| 6 | I like to think Johnson would have gloried in the most likeable derivation of the word ‘ kangaroo ’ , even if lacking evidence for its provenance . |
| 7 | Society at large is naturally uneasy with the notion that doctors — even if acting humanely — may put an end to the life of a terminally ill person , whether young or old , or of a malformed baby with no prospects of survival . |
| 8 | It is less evident that such a strategy would appeal to the daughter of a tradesman , who might after all be able to serve in her father 's shop , or to the daughter of a white-collar worker , to whom the printing trade might appear to be a step down in the world in some respects : inky and dirty , even if requiring literacy . |
| 9 | Even if copying extends to the structure and other non-literal elements of a program this should not prevent competitors bringing out programs to perform similar functions . |
| 10 | Even if chewing in class is not allowed in a science lab . |
| 11 | Even if removing Mark is justifiable , research suggests returning him to his mother within six weeks would offer the best prospect for successful rehabilitation . |
| 12 | General Secretaries would then be obliged to satisfy the membership and could be put in a classic squeeze when they were approached at top level , even if supporting NoS was against their better judgement . |
| 13 | ‘ The artistic heritage of Rome and Lazio is so vast and imposing that we distribute the work between us , even if according to the rules it is the Soprintendenza for Architectural Monuments which should deal with mural painting ’ . |
| 14 | Given this , they m may be more co-operative and , even if living away from home , they have a strength and right of contact with their family . |
| 15 | Therefore , when it comes a cropper , there is a tendency among the rest of us to enjoy a quiet chortle , even if suspecting that all our wallets will end up lighter as a result . |
| 16 | Furthermore , a pure hedge is almost impossible to achieve , so even if hedging were the main motive for acquiring a derivative asset , the transaction would almost invariably involve an element of speculation . |
| 17 | Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other . |
| 18 | As we have seen , the establishment of a habit can create a situation where a horse refuses to think — irrespective of how intelligent a horse may be , and even if solving the problem is in the horse 's own interests . |
| 19 | After careful consideration , we decided to halve our quarterly dividend to a level we believe we can sustain , even if trading conditions remain as they are , given the achievement of our current profit improvement targets . |
| 20 | It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound . |
| 21 | One must realise that one 's opponent , even if lagging badly behind , may still stage a come-back . |
| 22 | But even if treating our awareness of our own mental states as topic-neutral plausibly explains why we are not aware of our brains as such when we are aware of our mental states , it does not explain why knowing fully about the brain does not include knowledge of the nature of experience . |
| 23 | Johnson , as he did at Montrose , also employed much silence , and many who had come to one social occasion or another expecting to hear the grand disquisitioner , found him disappointingly reticent and withdrawn , even if making little antic noises to himself . |
| 24 | By staying together they were at least keeping their problem alive , even if failing to resolve it . |
| 25 | He forced though — even if going back : the sheer weight of his blows — Anton down on his hands and knees . |
| 26 | Observations show that they persist in waking periodically , even if remaining quiet , and the establishment of uninterrupted night-time sleep is uncommon before three months of age . |
| 27 | The council is even considering buying Medley Boat Station for over £¼m . |
| 28 | A director of social work in another part of Scotland , consulted about the actions his authority would have taken in the same set of circumstances , said that before even considering removing children from home , he would have consulted family doctors . |
| 29 | She had assumed all along that the only reason her father could possibly have for even considering selling the club was concern that she , Rory , could n't cope with running it , that it would prove too much of a burden for her — that it would hold her back from her own career . |
| 30 | As he observed in the report , if the Allies could ‘ plan for a better peace even while waging war , they will win together two victories which in truth are indivisible ’ . |