Example sentences of "even if it [is] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are many who will conclude that , by a slim margin ’ , the arguments for war are stronger , ‘ even if it is conducted by an unsavoury set of powerful states ’ . |
| 2 | Even if it is stopped by the guard , you can drop the kicking leg quickly to the mat and push the opponent over it . |
| 3 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 4 | The jury is still out on the Criminal Justice Act , even if it is swinging towards the negative rather than the positive . |
| 5 | Incidentally , the generic name always starts with a capital letter , and the specific name with a small one , even if it is named after Jones . |
| 6 | Climbing is second nature to all small felines and it is virtually impossible for a cat to switch off its urge to climb , even if it is punished for doing so . |
| 7 | But even if it is created by the new Warhol , will such explicit portraiture sell ? |
| 8 | It is still important to see if specifying an age range could be indirect discrimination and it is important to bear in mind that differential age criteria are always likely to be direct discrimination even if it is based on the unequal state pension age . |
| 9 | To get in on the educational field one must parrot the latest jargon even if it is rejected by ‘ one ’ . |
| 10 | Obviously positive inflation may remain a feature of this hypothetical economy even if it is operating at the natural unemployment rate ( i.e. owing to the persistence of inflationary expectations . |
| 11 | This applies even if it is described as a ‘ reimbursement ’ . |
| 12 | It 's no excuse that the salesman did not know what the customer planned to do with the recorder , even if it is labelled with a warning about not taping copyright records or films . |
| 13 | What can have teeth , of course , even if it is concealed by a friendly smile , is aid . |
| 14 | In this case it was held that when a lease is made with a Minister in his or her capacity as such , it is made with the Crown ; and that a building is occupied by the Crown even if it is occupied by civil servants from a department other than that of the Minister named as lessee in the lease . |
| 15 | Dame Gillian Brown thanked the speakers with great enthusiasm , congratulated the Principal on ensuring the succession , and also thanked Patricia Hutchinson and Mary Keen for a successful meeting , and the University Womens ' Club ( worth joining even if it is known as Pussy Cat Hall by my irreverent 88 year old cousin , a St. Hugh 's gal ) gave us rather a good tea . |
| 16 | Either that my Lord or , er as it 's pleaded in in the alternative , should have advised the plaintiff to do that , to get that confirmation in writing and in any event , even if it is alleged as the defendant say that the er that Mr is an experienced man of business and both these plaintiffs were purchasing the business , er and Mrs it is the plaintiff 's case was clearly entitled to that advice in addition . |
| 17 | This ‘ cleanness ’ was not an exclusively English taste ( even if it is elaborated for us in the poems of an exceptional writer ) , for Sir Gawayn and the Green Knight is outstandingly ‘ French ’ among the English romances and gives a superbly articulate voice to international courtly values at a time when art-historians begin to speak of an International Style in the visual arts . |
| 18 | Talking ( even if it is talking to yourself or your dog or your prize marrow ) nourishes and builds your aural memory-bank and uses your own ‘ speech experience ’ which aids speechreading . |
| 19 | ‘ Very ingenious , even if it is powered by a bee who will expire as you leave my premises ! ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ Look at this , Sal ’ , he would say , ‘ this one ca n't sink , even if it 's broken in half ! ’ |
| 21 | When Riddler says that the tea they drink is called that ‘ even if it 's made of privet … a sort of memory , ’ she is harsh and spiteful as she is about everything else instead of evincing any rue or regret . |
| 22 | I hate to be the party-pooper , again , but rabble-rousing sexist nonsense is not to be forgiven , even if it 's done with Blade 's A1 golden retriever smile . |
| 23 | And she 'll say , wo n't she , do n't do n't kick me dog , even if it 's going for your ankles ! |
| 24 | Even if it 's standing on the road . |