Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most such classifications should be treated with some caution , however , even if they help to identify the groups seeking accommodation within the rural housing market . |
| 2 | This was a telling comment on Francoism 's concept of " normality " and , particularly , on its view of the intellectual and political capacity of women : men who were not the head of the household in which they lived and all unmarried women were disenfranchized , even if they had reached the age of majority . |
| 3 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
| 4 | There was little point and no real justification in attempting to give chase , even if they had known the direction in which he had disappeared . |
| 5 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
| 6 | I think people should stick with what suits them , even if they 've had the same thing for years . |
| 7 | Where such pupils also have speech impairments , there may be a case for exempting them altogether from — or modifying — some of the assessment arrangements , even if they continue to pursue the attainment targets and programmes of study . |
| 8 | Even if they have found the previous hour of talks excruciating , finding they have little in common on a whole host of difficult issues , they will come out smiling . |
| 9 | And even if they do collect the information , a lot of them ‘ fall down ’ because they do n't act on it . |
| 10 | Even if they do slip the odd razor blade into their slices of apple pie , in general it 's a view of life that 's , well , kinda pretty neat . |
| 11 | Overall , even if they do get the paper they want , it does not follow that they get the political coverage they want . |
| 12 | You know , even if we had lost the Cup , it would still have been a very good year for French players . |
| 13 | I signed a two-year contract and would have honoured that , even if we had missed the play-offs . |
| 14 | Having caused the longest recession since the 1930s , does the Prime Minister agree with the words of his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who said last month : ’ the policy would not have been different even if we had known the outcome . ’ ? |
| 15 | ‘ Even if we do contact the police they 'll have to try to stop Danny 's truck and the driver will smash everybody up , including Danny ! ’ |
| 16 | Which means that even if we do have the phetam on board , our enemies do n't know where we 're going . |
| 17 | Even if someone does catch the disease , experts say it is extremely treatable and nearly all patients make a full recovery . |
| 18 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 19 | Such a result would leave Mr Smith , sponsored by the general workers , still able to win even if he failed to gain the support of most MPs or constituency parties . |
| 20 | Kate had been all too aware of the stiffening in the figure next to her , even if he had ignored the girl , apart from an acknowledging , casual smile in her direction . |
| 21 | True , he went to rouse Sir Ralph but he was searched for any weapons , he had no key , and even if he had entered the room , favoured son or not , Sir Ralph would scarcely have offered his throat to be cut . ’ |
| 22 | Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude . |
| 23 | Even if he had got the kind of constitution that he wanted , could he have stomached the long period of economic rebuilding — with all its attendant constraints — that lay ahead of France in 1946 ? |
| 24 | Moreover , it was I who wet my finger to test the wind and pointed out that , even if he wanted to leave the game , it would be no use . |
| 25 | With a string of southern primaries due in March , Clinton remained the overall favourite for the nomination ; the conventional wisdom was that Tsongas could not generate sufficient appeal outside New England , and — given the 1988 fate of Michael Dukakis , a Massachusetts liberal ( also of Greek ethnic origin ) with whom he was frequently compared — would be unelectable as President even if he did secure the nomination . |
| 26 | She would like to think so — even if he did defend the status quo , just like Papa . |
| 27 | Even if he did have the most compelling eyes she 'd ever seen — and a body to make the gods jealous . |
| 28 | Bound up with the question of compliance with specification is the question of acceptance , since , until the goods have been accepted by the buyer , the seller can not be sure that he has discharged his basic liability to perform the contract , even if he has delivered the goods to the buyer . |
| 29 | Nor in general is he liable even if he has planted the trees because he has not used his land in an extraordinary or non-natural manner . |
| 30 | Better than that , the Power Launcher itself has a timed event facility , which means that you can set it to open an application at a given time — so that file you promised to send to a colleague via modem by ten o'clock on Thursday can be sent automatically , even if you 've taken the day off sick ( assuming the cleaner has n't switched your PC off , of course ! ) |