Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] was [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Michel Moussel , the pollution director at the ministry , said that there was no question of checking the allegations by digging in the dump at Montchanin in the Saone et Loire department even if it was proved that the dioxin was buried there . |
| 2 | But suddenly , even while she was hoping that the hotel would ring for a taxi for her , she saw , she would swear , Ven Gajdusek 's mouth twitch . |
| 3 | For centuries before the arrival of Westerners it had been the symbol of the soul and of eternal life ; and for the Chinese , who traded with the southern islands long before the time of Christ , the bird became associated with the phoenix myth — which crept across the continents into the mind of medieval Europe , even before it was known that the world was round . |
| 4 | That fact carried much weight with the laymen even when it was emphasised that Black was not responsible . |
| 5 | Even when it was announced that she and Fabien had become formally engaged I would not give up my pursuit of her . |
| 6 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 7 | In comparison the trade union movement did little until the subsidy ended on 30 April 1926 , even though it was expected that the Samuel Commission would be unable to offer a compromise which might be agreeable to both coal owners and unions . |
| 8 | Some schemes were , moreover , undertaken , even though it was known that they would make a loss , because of the statutory duty to supply . |
| 9 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |