Example sentences of "even if it be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradoxically , since it is in relation to personal care that we see examples of highly committed one-way support , the research evidence suggests that most people do regard it as legitimate for the parties to consider their own interests in this situation , even if it is possible to push that too far . |
| 2 | But the sad fact is that even if it is possible to achieve a co-incidence between desire and responsibility , ecstasy and concern , Weller is incapable of such a balance . |
| 3 | For there is a growing realisation that tapwater , even if it is safe to drink , is not always ( possibly even is rarely ) safe for our fish . |
| 4 | In particular , probabilities often can not be quantified ( even if it is likely to rain there may be no percentage probability of rain ) and so the image of the efficient internal computer is suspect . |
| 5 | But the polyptychs ' data , even if it 's unwise to generalise from them to the whole kingdom , may still be taken to show a relatively dense , if patchily distributed , population in the area they best cover , namely , that between the rivers Seine and Rhine . |
| 6 | He knew the duchy well and , Powicke concluded , ‘ he never wished , even if it were possible to do so , to relax his grasp upon the affairs of his distant province ’ . |
| 7 | Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not . |
| 8 | This means that , even if it were possible to deal with free-riders by making them breathe dirty air , it would be economically inefficient to do so . |
| 9 | Even if it were possible to draw such a distinction satisfactorily , the advantages of doing so are at the moment not at all clear . |
| 10 | Even if it were possible to use all the shares in the index in an arbitrage transaction , for instance when F > ( S - D ) ( 1 + r ) and short selling shares is not required , arbitrageurs often choose to use an alternative approach . |
| 11 | The implementation of any policy requires the official to exercise discretion — even if it were possible to prepare a rule-book catering for every eventuality it would probably be undesirable — and on each of these occasions he or she is ‘ making ’ policy . |
| 12 | Furthermore , even if it were possible to make the necessary calculations , the finance available is unlikely to be equivalent to these costs . |
| 13 | Even if it were possible to model accurately the supply and demand responses to changes in taxes and transfer or benefit provisions of all kinds , it would remain a GNP or market calculation . |
| 14 | Even if it were possible to identify a certain causal agent inside someone 's head we certainly can not take off the top of the skull and mend it ! |
| 15 | In retrospect , the Americans had a good case for opposing the invasion of Egypt , even if it was difficult to defend the bungling over the Aswan Dam loan that had sparked off the crisis . |