Example sentences of "even [conj] it has been [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , even where it has been demonstrated that long tails are costly but are preferred by choosy females , resolving how such preferences have evolved is difficult , particularly if females gain no direct benefits from their choice of mating partners .
2 Realism is radical because any purposive attempt to change the world depends on a conviction that it can be described , even that it has been described ; and it is the chosen task of realism to describe .
3 If you are drinking from it two or three days later , even if it has been refrigerated , the vitamin C has probably disappeared altogether .
4 To develop this may be a fairly long-term affair : even if it has been developed there is always the risk that the client may decide to go elsewhere if better prospects offer .
5 We ca n't hurt her — humiliate her like this when she 's expecting to marry him in just a few weeks , even if it has been arranged for family reasons , and not for love .
6 It is therefore for the domestic courts to decide whether , in any particular case , the agreement does so clearly infringe Article 85 that an exemption is very unlikely to be granted by the Commission , even if it has been notified to the Commission , or whether there is no infringement of Article 85 and therefore the question of an exemption under Article 85(3) does not come into play .
7 This experimental law has caused the biggest outcry even before it has been played .
8 Current laws forbid a company from operating a reactor even after it has been built .
9 ‘ Generally speaking , an original lessee prima facie remains liable to the reversioner for the payment of the rent throughout the term , even after it has been assigned .
10 This was recognised by Sir Ernest Gowers in The Complete Plain Words : [ L ] egal draftsmen have to ensure to the best of their ability that what they say will be found to mean precisely what they intended , even after it has been subjected to detailed and possibly hostile scrutiny by acute legal minds …
11 When they moved to Althorp in 1975 on the death of their grandfather , the 7th Earl , Charles said goodbye to every room and Diana today still revisits her former home , even though it has been turned into a Cheshire Home holiday hotel for the disabled .
12 One or two preliminary studies have suggested that these changes are occurring unevenly across the country , but as yet there is little substantive research into this issue , even though it has been stressed as a priority question by the TUC itself .
13 Even more interesting is the effect , if any , on copyright law in the United Kingdom and other common law countries such as Australia and New Zealand , although it should be noted that the previous test in Whelan v Jaslow has not had any notable judicial successes in the United Kingdom even though it has been used in argument on frequent occasions .
14 ( 8 ) The bidder always runs the risk that at the hearing of the petition the court will exercise its discretion not to sanction the scheme even though it has been approved by the requisite minority of members ( see para 2.4.7 below ) .
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