Example sentences of "[noun sg] even [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , competition may mean that we are unable to recoup our initial investment even if we win the contract . |
| 2 | Of course not all policemen are in absolute positions of command even though they represent the maintenance of structure in more than a symbolic way ; and few can move into communitas to experience the temptations described above . |
| 3 | In a sense , the hype answered that question even before we saw the programme . |
| 4 | Mr Bush accepted the Pentagon proposal even though he told the United Nations that he believed ‘ we can achieve the level of verification that gives us confidence to go forward with this ban ’ . |
| 5 | In this sense Cuvier anticipated the modern , Darwinian view of Nature even though he rejected the idea of transmutation . |
| 6 | I was wracked by anxiety and guilt even before I made the decision . |
| 7 | Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating . |
| 8 | It had been tricky enough for him to help the women to whom he had no commitment even though he felt the deepest pity for them , but to help McAllister , whom he loved so dearly — how was he to do that ? |
| 9 | There certainly were opportunities , therefore , for children and young people to contribute both directly and indirectly to the household economy even before they entered the labour market , and on balance the evidence suggests that girls were likely to be more substantial contributors than boys , especially in the provision and exchange of domestic services , although boys may have had more opportunities to earn money . |
| 10 | G&G spent a good part of a decade — the Seventies — getting drunk , the memory of which still prompts a wistful smile from Gilbert , and they were habitués of the Blitz even before it became the early-Eighties club . |
| 11 | Some members of the group were avid supporters of reggae — they loved the music even while they hated the people who made it . |
| 12 | It seemed there would n't be time to do any prying even if she had the money to go to Chertsey , which she did n't . |
| 13 | He had refused to touch what he called the Stavanger Final Insurance even when he needed the money for his fleet — why should he use it now for what was only indirectly of concern to him ? |
| 14 | Racism of this kind is constantly experienced by black people at all levels of society even if it takes the more subtle form of simply being treated differently . |
| 15 | It would not be right to celebrate a society in which Afro-American women could make quilts and gardens but not write essays , and indeed Walker condemns that society even as she evokes the value of the gardens and the quilts . |
| 16 | If the defendant produces a false driving licence to hire a car , he is still liable for this offence even though he pays the hire charge . |
| 17 | She knew that the commission accruing to dealers was 4p a share , and she was calculating her own gain even before she closed the sale . |
| 18 | She knew the answer even before she asked the question , so when the blond head shook in negation she was n't surprised . |
| 19 | Both mothers could take legal action against the hospital even if they have the correct child . |
| 20 | Gandhi , however , does not conceive of God in this way even when he uses the term in a personal sense . |
| 21 | I do n't know anything about Wallaces goal even though I heard the match report on the 12:00 A.M. BBC 5 sports news . |
| 22 | International prop PHILIPPE GIMBERT from Beglès-Bordeaux , a club which had acquired an unsavoury reputation even before they won the French Championship , has been fined FF8,000 ( about £850 ) for damages resulting from a punch in a club match against Rodez in December 1990 . |
| 23 | Barn owls are susceptible to bad weather , though , because a hard winter can kill their food supply even if they resist the cold themselves . |