Example sentences of "even if he do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whereas the long version refers only to the words in Lamentations 1:12 ( O all ye that pass by the way , attend , and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow ) , the short version incorporates all the references to focus more sharply on the organic relationship between man and Christ whose natural growth is blasted by sin : And only in the short version does the meditator acknowledge this by identifying himself with the penitent thief pleading for pardon to be extended to him , and confessing his failure to acknowledge Christ as the true source of his integrity : In both versions the meditator admits that the very ability to recognise the life-giving power in Christ is a sign that he in fact has the love of God even if he does not feel it : And in both , as the meditator sees his betrayal and sense of deprivation borne by Christ in His words : " My god , my dere god , why hastow al forsakyn me … ( 89. cf.102 ) he imagines himself lying down among the bones of dead men on mount Calvary , taking the foot of the Cross in his arms , the stench of death in his nostrils . |
| 2 | The Revenue are of the view that a taxpayer 's home ( even if a rented flat ) can be his main residence even if he does not own it . |
| 3 | If tolerance is essential to such fiction , then the novelist tolerates , even if he does not defend or excuse , much that is outside the range of other arts , not excluding affectation , pretension , self-contradiction and sin : ‘ among the Filthy , filthy ’ . |
| 4 | By exploring your own body and finding out , by masturbation , what feels good to you , you can guide your partner , so that he is able to arouse you to a climax , even if he does not have an erection . |
| 5 | But his speculation — so far only seen in outline , in a methodological ( and often polemical ) essay rather than in a series of detailed studies — point to what I believe to be the correct questions even if he does not provide all the right answers . |
| 6 | The firm can treat the customer as an ordinary business investor even if he does not consent in writing unless he says otherwise ; a one-way letter is sufficient . |
| 7 | His pastels , of which Wildenstein lists 109 mostly undated sheets , show that , even if he did not match the delicacy of Monet or the textural subtlety of Degas , Monet could , on occasions , use the medium in an exciting way . |
| 8 | Even if he did not do so by personal choice , the execution would doubtless be ordered from Washington as a matter of course . |
| 9 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 10 | Therefore , even if he did not have a stammer , there would not be enough breath in his lungs for him to speak his words property . |
| 11 | And let us suppose that in 1948 , following the fighting , he left his ordinary place of residence for a place of insurrection , then he is an absentee — even if he did not join the Arab forces that were fighting against Israel . ’ |
| 12 | Italy 's involvement in the Spanish Civil War , in emulation of Germany , had cost much more than the government had intended , and by 1939 Mussolini must have known that the Army and Air Force were not anything like as strong as he had imagined they were , even if he did not know the extent of their weakness . |
| 13 | B has infringed the patent for the computer chips even if he did not know or could not be expected to know of the patent . |
| 14 | He built up a large practice , relying especially on ‘ native ’ clients , and earned enough money to enable him to live in a very opulent way , even if he did not save any considerable fortune . |
| 15 | Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue . |