Example sentences of "even [conj] it [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that the succeeding chapters will go at least some way towards building flesh and sinew , face and character — even if it happens to be , as on Tafahi island , a North German face and character — on to the dry , lifeless bones of economists ' figures . |
| 2 | Nobody could have been better qualified to construct a consensus , even if it had to be temporary , from the new and angular alternatives that were now being proposed for the future of secondary schooling . |
| 3 | And , even if it had to be done by a department , could it be done with fewer people in a different and more managerially efficient way ? |
| 4 | More , that even if it chances to be true , the further claim to have discovered the programme is incredibly courageous , the courage that of enormous intellectual conceit . |
| 5 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 6 | Both from the professional integrity point of view and to avoid legal repercussions , specialist input should be obtained where necessary , even if it has to be ‘ brought in ’ . |
| 7 | It will be important to formulate an initial strategy for the bid even if it has to be modified subsequently as a result of changing circumstances . |
| 8 | Allowing suppliers representatives to control stocks is liable to misuse even if it appears to be attractive |
| 9 | But , first , they have to understand why such an instruction is given , even when it appears to be against their interests , and secondly they have to have been involved in the decision and to understand and accept the consequences of such a strategic direction . |
| 10 | And even when it appears to be so , the level of sales is in itself a quite complex measure . |
| 11 | A particularly striking combination is made up of a very dark , bronze-leaved phormium next to the pure white flowers of Physostegia virginiana ‘ Alba ’ which is one of the easiest of all late summer border plants , even though it seems to be out of fashion at the moment . |
| 12 | But a body may be subject to judicial review even if the powers it exercises have no identifiable legal source ; so , for example , a refusal by a non-governmental , non-statutory licensing body , such as a horse-racing or boxing control body , to grant a licence to an applicant may be subject to judicial review even though it seems to be the case that before a licence is granted , no contract exists between the applicant and the licensing body . |
| 13 | There has been considerable criticism recently of this approach , even though it seems to be now so firmly entrenched in many schools . |
| 14 | The concept of structure also has its risks and its dangers , even though it appears to be based on the idea of relations as opposed to entities or determining origins ( as we saw above in the discussion of the Prague School ) . |
| 15 | It did not court or attempt to mate with females on heat , even though it appeared to be anatomically well equipped to do so . |