Example sentences of "[adj] even [conj] [pron] [verb] [art] " 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 | He ignores information on the left even though he has no left visual field loss . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The most celebrated of all the northern constellations is distinctive even though it contains no star as bright as the first magnitude . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 6 | Wallace was great even when he took a knock early in the 2nd half ( Strandli should have been on sooner ) . |
| 7 | However , the Marxist position is no more verifiable even if it constitutes a more rounded explanation . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , happiness is difficult to find , and it seems man is unable to remain happy even when he finds a way of living that seems to suit his psychic constitution — a combination of biological givens , and the consequences of the individual 's resolution of his conflicts during his personal development . |
| 10 | Shuffled from one power group to another during the regencies of his childhood , he was not safe even when he became a fully fledged king . |
| 11 | So it was not surprising that George found that nobody would accept the dangerously exposed position of Prime Minister and that Pitt was indispensable even though he had no majority in the Commons . |
| 12 | The right side remains right even if it has no ultimate hope at all . |
| 13 | Faced by such diverse interpretations of the new adversary , the Reagan Presidency in 1985 , rather than return to Kissinger 's ideal of ‘ linkage ’ in a period of détente , decided to pursue a policy of ‘ constructive confrontation ’ with Moscow , accepting that certain agreements with Russia were possible even if she remained a rival on the world stage . |
| 14 | The embarrassed cast is left posturing and declaiming , all the time frantically signalling to the audience their awareness of how ridiculous it all is , as if to say — we trust you will be benevolent even if we have no idea how to make this stuff funny or interesting . |
| 15 | But one is narrowly neutral even if one provides the Reds with normal food supplies . |
| 16 | Everyone was really excited even though we had a long coach journey ahead of us . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If the child is n't in for the mark prior going to the doctors at ten o'clock they 're absent even if they have a note . |
| 19 | A building lease for a term of more than forty years , where the lessor is not a public body , is freely assignable even if it contains a qualified covenant against alienation ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 , s19(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 20 | In the north you must be wise even before you have a mature emotion … ; you must develop your self-assurance before you have become a man , you must be intelligent before you are a child ; personal harmony and beauty are not allowed to thrive and mature … |