Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] be [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement only fuelled speculation that he is earmarked for greater things in the Shandwick organisation , of which PRCS is now a part , or even that he was preparing the way for something completely different when his five-year golden handcuffs are released next year . |
| 2 | Only a little thought will show what a nonsense this is , for , as we have just seen , no two individuals manifest their illnesses in exactly the same way even if they are given the same disease label . |
| 3 | He will have no defence if the instructions were such that even if they were followed the offence was still likely to be committed . |
| 4 | Even if we were to order the repayment of the whole sum at once , the amount would be less than if you were paying tax of a lawful fifteenth of your movable goods . |
| 5 | Even if we were to include the value attributed to armaments in PP4 we would only arrive at a total of 21,019 . |
| 6 | Even if we were to change the linear arrangement , the three words presented in association would serve to indicate the same process and the same roles of the participants : |
| 7 | Ordinarily , there would be very few behaviour problems with the dogs of Barbados , even if we were viewing the scene with the rose-tinted spectacles of tourists arrived for two weeks of beaching , sightseeing and nightclubbing ! |
| 8 | Even if someone were to leave the Department , or drop dead-even if you were to , what 's the expression , take out a contract on one of us ’ — he laughs to show that this is a joke , displaying a number of chipped and discoloured teeth , set in his gums at odd angles , like tombstones in a neglected churchyard — ‘ even then , I very much doubt whether we should get a replacement . |
| 9 | Thus a car dealer does not obtain the protection and that is so even if he is buying the vehicle for his own private purposes and not for his business purposes , Stevenson v. Beverley Bentinck ( 1976 C.A. ) . |
| 10 | I wish we were having a picnic , and that it was hot , and I do indeed wish that we were all together ; though even if I were to hold the whole world against my chest , it would probably save us from very little . |
| 11 | Even before we are born the shape and pattern of wrinkles on the surface of the two hemispheres of the brain differ to an appreciable extent ( see figure ) -some of the most noticeable asymmetries being found in the regions of cerebral cortex associated with language . |
| 12 | Even before it was given the food , the dog began to produce saliva in response to the appetizing smell . |
| 13 | Even before it was dissolved the TBC had effectively become an arm of the Government under the Ministry of Information and Tourism , and the Minister was clearly determined to impose controls . |
| 14 | But personal growth is also shown here as the character of Pip begins to change even before he was given the money and it continues to change after all the money is gone . |
| 15 | The novelty and importance of his work were appreciated even before he was awarded the Ph.D . |
| 16 | The spokesman said the Council of Mayors of Arab Towns and Villages refused to accept the Bosnians even after it was given the text of a message from the vice president of Bosnia approving the flight . |
| 17 | ‘ History is going to be my subject — modern history — Of course it 's a frightfully easy degree , but it happens to be what I 'm most interested in ’ ( even as she was uttering the words she was aghast ) , ‘ that , and literature naturally , and political journalism . ’ |
| 18 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
| 19 | Even as you were ordering the march of your troops you made some of those sudden discoveries which throw more light than a painstaking analysis . |
| 20 | It is not difficult for corporate officials to cover themselves in ‘ purity ’ even when they are breaking the law because the ‘ structural immorality ’ of their corporate environment provides a library of verbal technique for neutralizing the moral bind of laws against corporate behaviour . |
| 21 | I hurry past windows labelled ‘ everything must go ’ , even when they are fronting the most respectable shops . |
| 22 | even when I 'm doing the ironing tomorrow morning . |
| 23 | Even when I was coaching the national team in New Zealand I was coaching at clubs in Christchurch . |
| 24 | Even when he was resting the horseman had to be on the alert for incidents like this to see that nothing untoward happened to his team . |
| 25 | Grimethorpe lost £1.8 million in the six months to last September , said British Coal , even though it was sharing the cost of the coal preparation plant with neighbouring Houghton Main . |
| 26 | He is no more likely to be provoked into acts of violence , even though he is made the subject of abusive and insulting remarks and conduct , and it is suggested that in this respect the law remains precisely the same . |
| 27 | They should have asked Mr Bill Wyman , even though he 's left the band . |
| 28 | Hunger is a problem that simply should not arise on the F-Plan , even though you are restricting the actual number of calories consumed each day . |