Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one is narrowly neutral even if one provides the Reds with normal food supplies . |
| 2 | Even if one accepts the figures , it is apparent that four out of five fatal accidents are caused by people who are stone-cold sober . |
| 3 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 4 | There was here some enquiry and the that enquiry as a matter of public policy I understand the documents are n't to be available , even if they assist the police , or if they assist the other side . |
| 5 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 6 | Even if they have the papers , they wo n't show them to you . ’ |
| 7 | Even if they escape the attentions of the horsefly larvae , the young toads are still not safe . |
| 8 | Most naturalists thought that there was some sort of underlying pattern in Nature , even if they found the circles a little too artificial a representation of the pattern . |
| 9 | Even if we examine the cells in these organs we will again find that they are again similar to ours . |
| 10 | Even if we allow the inductivists to separate the mode of discovery and the mode of justification , their position is still threatened by the fact that observation statements are theory-laden and hence fallible . |
| 11 | Now the person possessing the goods after the time limit , even if he holds the goods in bad faith , may call himself the rightful owner , while the original owner promptly loses all rights . |
| 12 | Even if you want the hips , never let a rose take on this effort until it is well established — three years old at least . |
| 13 | Even if you move the ewes and lambs straight into the lambing shed , the damp and cold will still take their toll . |
| 14 | Now they are impatient with a government that cut their pay by 10% ( even if it restored the cuts later ) . |
| 15 | Not as wild boar running free and doing untold damage to the countryside , as in Italy , France and Germany ; but as farmed wild boar which should ease your mind , even if it causes the farmers untold headaches . |
| 16 | Even if she reached the trees , the Dragoons would soon ride Sharpe down in the tangle of undergrowth . |
| 17 | I ease a few points ahead , Martin puts in a break of 12 , I confidently reply with one of 13 , and even before we reach the colours Martin is beginning to display the McEnroic aspect of his game that always encourages opponents . |
| 18 | Even before you understand the words of a text you could play it sometimes for the sake of the intonation , as mentioned in ch. 2.1.1. of this book under the heading of LISTENING . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Even as he studied the pages of his comic , his ears and senses were alert to the smallest sounds coming from the rest of the house . |
| 21 | Ross actually said the words out loud , even as he took the cross-hairs to and fro over the scene by the lakeside . |
| 22 | ‘ I think you just have to have a flexible mind , ’ said Masklin , knowing even as he said the words that this probably was n't going to be a lot of help . |
| 23 | He also warned Americans against expecting too much from their government , preaching personal responsibility and a smaller federal bureaucracy , even as he criticised the Republicans for refusing to harness the power of government to cure the nation 's domestic ills . |
| 24 | Even as he uttered the words a strange noise could be heard from beyond the French windows . |
| 25 | Even as she said the words , Rory shuddered , caught in the grip of a sudden , devastating premonition . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |
| 27 | Even as she uttered the words , she realised how false they were . |
| 28 | But even as she framed the words in her mind , confidence deserted her . |
| 29 | It is not always easy to follow what the poet is trying to tell us , even when we understand the words on the page : he was conscious of the problem himself , as in the famous ( and , dare I say , quite charming lines ) — |
| 30 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |