Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , even if one takes the view that King 's Cross is essential , there are better and more appropriate ways of building and developing a new station at King 's Cross than the one that British Rail has effectively forced upon us . |
| 2 | Even if one acknowledges the significance of the state itself as an agency , there is a danger that it may be given a role which is too sharply independent . |
| 3 | Even if one assumed the uptake of Ac-ASA to be the total measured drug , including the adherent component ( 30.7 nmol/g dry weight ) , it would still be significantly inferior to the uptake of 5-ASA . |
| 4 | But one is narrowly neutral even if one provides the Reds with normal food supplies . |
| 5 | In this case , even if one reinforces the claim by supposing that littering is illegal , the answer must be No . |
| 6 | One might answer in this case that it is also a typical feature of speech , so should probably be analysed as a contraction and for this reason avoided in academic writing — even if one accepts the idea of a regional/class standard . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Furthermore , even if one accepts the validity of non-empirical interpretations , it is not known at what age young people would perceive the advertisements in similar terms . |
| 9 | In this first category we consider three main criticisms : ( a ) that the model developed in chapter 4 can not account for a major feature of all economies ; ( b ) that the model relies for all its results on very simple specifications of the aggregate supply and demand curves ; and ( c ) that even if one accepts the model as it stands governments might effectively stabilize the economy if they possess better information about the economy than the private sector , or indeed if different parts of the private sector possess different information . |
| 10 | Most British firms even if they recognize the problem , do n't do anything about it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Even if they had the space , the concept is riddled with conflict . |
| 13 | It is therefore difficult to train such staff , even if they had the time and inclination to practise the skills necessary . |
| 14 | Barn owls are susceptible to bad weather , though , because a hard winter can kill their food supply even if they resist the cold themselves . |
| 15 | — Even if they prefer the uncertainty principle ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But the complication of such an operation would be considerable ; and it is reasonable to say that the entire population of the Pacific nations , even if they inhabit the Atlantic seaboard , can make use of the goods that are carried across the Pacific Ocean . |
| 18 | " 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 . |
| 19 | But then even if they do that and even if they get the franchise , they 're not going to be able to say , we can now hold on to it for five , or seven , years , however long the franchise is going to be , because if another bidder comes along in the meantime and says , we rather like this ourselves , they 'll be thrown off . |
| 20 | If the bizarre characters were favoured by female choice , or in male competition , they could be maintained even if they decreased the viability of their bearers : the advantage in sexual success could compensate the disadvantage in viability . |
| 21 | This failing , it is suggested , is often compounded by the use of obscure , abstract terminology which teachers simply do not have the time ( even if they have the inclination ) to penetrate . |
| 22 | Even if they have the papers , they wo n't show them to you . ’ |
| 23 | Even if they escape the attentions of the horsefly larvae , the young toads are still not safe . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Ann adds : ‘ Even if we lose the appeal and the girls have to see out the full term in prison , I shall still be campaigning to prove their innocence long after they have been released . |
| 26 | In addition , competition may mean that we are unable to recoup our initial investment even if we win the contract . |
| 27 | Even if we make the comparison with the earlier part of the twentieth century when people were beginning to live longer , the economic conditions of family life were so different as to make a decision to take an old person into one 's home , if they could not maintain themselves , a very different decision from its equivalent today . |
| 28 | We feel quite like VIPs , although it is really the only practicable way of travelling , since the Institute is a couple of miles away , and even if we had the energy to cycle ( as all the Chinese do ) I do n't think we would have the time . |
| 29 | Even if we restrict the process to include only lagged values of s and f , it is highly likely that longer lags in s and f will have an effect on their current values . |
| 30 | Er , and the courts by and large agree to erm , give us the seventy pounds out ev every time , but even so , even if we get the award of the costs , then the difficulty is , is , is in getting those costs in . |