Example sentences of "[adj] even [conj] [pron] [verb] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | But one is narrowly neutral even if one provides the Reds with normal food supplies . |
| 6 | 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 . |