Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] even the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is — for all our reflection — so much we do not know about even the simplest town scene . |
| 2 | ‘ Many parents of premature babies and people with disabilities must be horrified at this report which seeks to cheapen their lives by measuring their value solely in terms of the money it costs to provide for even the most basic human rights such as education . ’ |
| 3 | Any chance of a Government defeat when the white paper is debated in the Commons on Monday has now been averted with even the majority of hardcore rebels threatening to abstain rather than vote against the Government . |
| 4 | This spring , trousers are making a big comeback , walking into even the most formal occasions . |
| 5 | I was quite evidently not a person to be trusted with even the simplest task . |
| 6 | In some strange way it helped to even the score over Elise . |
| 7 | Following President Galtieri 's 75% increase of the levy on non-Argentine mining interests around the South Pole , violence flared up again as British wildcat oilmen tried to even the score after their resounding defeat in the Malvinas War of 1981 . |
| 8 | This reflects both a desire to uphold tradition and the fact that natural dyes produce a subtle beauty of tone that has never been equalled by even the finest synthetic dyes . |
| 9 | However , there are a number of risks to be considered by even the most competent pilot , and these are outside the pilot 's control once the cloud climb has been started . |
| 10 | Butler and Stokes " challenge any image of the elector as an informed spectator " , noting how " understanding of policy issues falls away very sharply indeed as we move outwards from those at the heart of political decision-making to the public at large " , and how attitudes are formed towards even the best-known policy issues to only a " limited degree " . |
| 11 | Perhaps even , thought Cadfael , prompted a step further , he came without even the intent to kill , since he did not come prepared . |
| 12 | But … perhaps you do not know — how could you ? — what cannon and mangonels can do to even the stoutest walling . |
| 13 | Indeed , he had a remarkable gift for extracting from even the most commonplace remarks or situations some latent humour , which otherwise might never have been suspected . |
| 14 | It was just one of those things that happened to even the nicest people , and the sensible thing to do about it was pay £25 and turn up at a London hotel for a glass of sherry and an implicit promise of no humiliation if things did n't work out . |
| 15 | It all helped to even the odds . |
| 16 | A shamanist philosophy helped to even the odds against them , and they spread through the Aleutian Islands and along the Arctic coast of North America ( Figure 7.1 ) , forming the distinctive northern folk formerly known as Eskimo , now called Inuit in recognition of their pan-Arctic racial identity . |
| 17 | But David Evans was a fair-minded young man , and knew from his historical studies that bad luck can not be avoided by even the greatest of men . |
| 18 | I know it is difficult to discuss a scientific topic nowadays without dragging in recombinant DNA somehow , but I can not conceive of even the most tenuous connection between genetic engineering and the quantum theory . |
| 19 | Dundee started the day at the foot of the Premier League but looked the superior side as the Glasgow club failed to deal with even the simplest cross into the box . |
| 20 | This is the sight which stays with even the casual observer . |
| 21 | AT A top price of £20-£30 — ‘ through the roof ’ says Ian Hooker , with tongue in cheek — commemorative and advertising matchbox grips still cost peanuts compared with even the cheapest London saleroom collectables . |
| 22 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 23 | ‘ It is quite incredible how Nadia copes with even the most difficult manoeuvres , and her talent for art and embroidery is remarkable , ’ said Mr Common yesterday . |
| 24 | Stuart Gulliver , Chief Executive of Glasgow Development Agency , which is supporting the BVP along with Scottish Enterprise , said the lack of new firms in Scotland had become critical compared to even the rest of the UK , never mind Germany or parts of California . |
| 25 | And indeed in those days , the whole of that area belonged to even the land facing onto was nearly wholly owned by . |
| 26 | So I am pleading that the panel really take a great deal of effort in this leaflet so that it is going to be easily understood by even the people who are less well educated than some of us . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , this is not to be , since it transpires that the gentleman from British Rail was nothing short of a duplicitous cad ; there are no small compartments , just open-plan carriages too large to be defended by even the most outrageous behaviour , so I slump sullenly into a corner , wallowing in layers of dust and grime that would easily qualify for a Quentin Crisp kitemark , waiting for the guard to switch on the heat and the lights , preparatory to the departure of the Sir John . |
| 28 | This has several important consequences , the first being that the f-f bands of such species are characteristic of the element concerned , and hardly affected by even the immediate ligands . |
| 29 | He should remember that export volumes of manufactured goods grew faster than in the United States throughout the 1980s , that manufacturing grew faster than in France or Italy during the 1980s , and that Britain exports a larger proportion of its national product than Japan , a point recognised by even the Scottish National party . |
| 30 | Without technology like this , Jonathon and thousands like him would be debarred from even the simplest form of human interaction . |