Example sentences of "even as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At its best the combination is uniquely potent — a controlled conflagration which almost scorches the ear , a sense of communicative intensity not as an optional extra , or even as something to be striven for , but as a constant presence , only waiting to be channelled in the right direction . |
| 2 | Likewise , she expects the children to operate intuitively in their make-believe , but she believes the intuition can be a refined instrument , accompanied by a high degree of awareness , at its best , bringing about reflection on what one experiences even as one experiences it . |
| 3 | The reason is not just that international affairs are hard to reduce to intellectual order , perhaps because they are changing character even as one tries . |
| 4 | Yet even as one half of her mind speculated on its significance , the other half reminded her that if she had stumbled on this odd circumstance , then the police would almost certainly have done so in the course of their routine enquiries and , since Barney was still their prime suspect , found a satisfactory explanation . |
| 5 | James Molyneaux and the Rev Ian Paisley have already set this deadline for the resumption of talks and even as their two parties vigorously fought each other in several constituencies , joint working groups were in session drawing up vital working papers for the forthcoming negotiations . |
| 6 | Even when Alexia , who remained a young woman even as her hair silvered , tried to point out the strengths of his pieces he mentally tuned out . |
| 7 | So I kept my mouth shut even as her hands lathered me in the colour of dirt . |
| 8 | Even as her mother watched , a fourth man swooped from nowhere like a bird of prey and snatched the girl into his arms . |
| 9 | Once , the Everqueen could easily have banished the daemon , but her power was much reduced even as her land was ravaged . |
| 10 | She struggled to preserve detachment , yet even as her mind appeared to perform its duty , covering page after page with swiftly written words , elsewhere it found ever more disturbing ways to misbehave . |
| 11 | Its clamourings against solitude were a constant distraction from the cooler processes of thought ; yet even as her spirit chafed at this conflict between body and mind , Louisa understood that such stress was specific to her task and not to be avoided . |
| 12 | Even as her hand fumbled to open it , he thrust himself between her and the door , barring her way . |
| 13 | Even as her senses swam out of focus from the sweet , cruel pleasure he was inflicting , he insisted on taking her one heartless step further . |
| 14 | And even as her mind tried to deny it , her basic honestly forced her to admit the truth . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't — ’ she cried , shaking her head from side to side even as her body yearned towards his . |
| 16 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
| 17 | She moaned deep in her throat , despising her own weakness , hating herself even as her lips parted beneath his , hungry for more of him . |
| 18 | But even as her heart , for no known reason , gave a ridiculous flutter , he saw her and came over . |
| 19 | It was during this time that he was invited to the discussions of the CIV/n group , a gathering of poets of the more serious sort — and to some extent inspired by Ezra Pound 's revitalising energies , even as its name was culled from his writings — who had just launched a new poetry magazine of that name . |
| 20 | The moral code here was clear , even as its application was uneven . |
| 21 | And even as its sound struck the cage about him , there was a crash and a judder and the sky was falling in upon him from the darkening night . |
| 22 | While other ways of making money become more respectable and sometimes laudable , developers are still seen as the spiritual heirs of Victorian millowners and slum landlords , people who , even as they tear the hearts out of cities , simultaneously give then a fatal sclerosis . |
| 23 | Even as they began , the chief Soviet spokesman , Gennady Gerasimov , was insisting that change was necessary : ‘ Those who delay will be punished by life itself . ’ |
| 24 | Levine contends that these tracts , even as they confidently sermonize on the fixed nature of identity , especially gender identity as prescribed by God and signified through dress difference , display a deep anxiety that identity is not fixed ; that , underneath , the self is really nothing at all ( ‘ Men in Women 's Clothing ’ , 126 and 128 ) . |
| 25 | Are they not paradoxically reproducing the laws which exclude and oppress them , even as they seem to be escaping and subverting those laws ? |
| 26 | Even so , there can be no facile equation of racist and sexual discrimination , and this for three main reasons which , even as they preclude that equation , emphasize the significance of those points at which race and sexuality interconnect , and the particular importance of Fanon 's work in this respect . |
| 27 | This has involved finding him venues for walkabouts and group discussions , where his staff think Mr Middle-England will come over well on television , even as they cut down on those wearisome charades , campaign ‘ photo opportunities ’ . |
| 28 | Even as they were forming , the images slipped away again . |
| 29 | Unseated jockeys were scurrying around and fighting madly to reunite themselves with their mounts , but even as they clambered on board there was nowhere to go . |
| 30 | The specialist reassured him plans were being worked out by his colleagues even as they spoke , and it had all been taken care of . |