Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] even the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scope for the collector of autograph letters , manuscripts and historical documents is enormous and offers opportunities for even the most modest purse . |
| 2 | On the other hand , in the eyes of even the most loyal ministers and the foremost grand dukes and prelates , he was no holy man but a charlatan whose doctrine of ‘ redemption by sin ’ was but a thin veil for crude depravity . |
| 3 | In the middle of the century there was no agreement on the formulae of even the simpler chemical compounds , and many chemists felt that an atomic theory was merely a distraction : that chemists ought to stick at the ‘ equivalent weights ’ which gave accurate recipes , and not bother with attempts at explanation . |
| 4 | It is true that it must be able to check the excesses of even the ruling class ; but Poulantzas also has to account for the tendency of capitalist states to favour capitalist interests . |
| 5 | Information that has now come to light about the political gulags and the Gestapo tactics of the secret police has certainly done much to underline the totalitarian essences of even the ‘ soft ’ regimes . |
| 6 | THE past couple of years has seen an explosion in the number of computing books on the shelves of even the most humble book shop . |
| 7 | As the case studies make clear , there was much variation in the circumstances of even the relatively narrowly-defined categories of cattle theft and homicide . |
| 8 | While ignoring the possible trauma caused by the actual fighting itself , it graphically explores ( through brilliant performances by Frederic March , Dana Andrews , Harold Russell , Myrna Loy and Virginia Mayo ) the fractures that war creates in the lives of even the victors . |
| 9 | I had been repelling all visitors with even the slightest suggestion of a cold but had no power over the internal workings of his cancer . |
| 10 | And yet he had come to himself unaided , clambered to his feet without even the support of a fence to lean on , and made his way some two hundred yards towards the single light of the curator 's open door . |
| 11 | £1200 will buy you all these books and catalogues selected by our staff to satisfy your present-giving duties to even the most extended family |
| 12 | I was constantly surprised at the extent to which she needed explanations for even the most taken-for-granted aspects of junior school life . |
| 13 | WELL BEYOND the wildest expectations of even the most optimistic airframe designer , certain piston-engines airlines seem set to fly into the next century . |
| 14 | Yet somehow , unaccountably , I find myself 16 behind needing the last three colours to even the match . |
| 15 | Sadie lived a solitary life for about three years without even the company of other dogs . |
| 16 | But if we want to consider how life arose , we have to look back a further thousand million years beyond even the earliest micro-fossils , to a time when the earth was completely lifeless and still cooling after its birth . |
| 17 | And though it is usually Consumer publications that are involved there have been some notable exceptions among even the more staid members of the trade press . |
| 18 | And I certainly believe my partnership with Ally McCoist can pose problems for even the best of defences . |
| 19 | If he asks for a review board he gets it because there is no provision in the regulations for even the Secretary of State to refuse such a request . |
| 20 | Stories of even the most important events often depended on the post . |
| 21 | The local diocese has appealed to the water authority to do something about it ; but something as elemental as the ever-moving Severn is beyond the resources of even the richest and most powerful water authority . |
| 22 | They were indeed too enthusiastic , for the demands of several burgh councils could prove too much for the resources of even the best-endowed East India Company director . |
| 23 | Sometimes the development costs exceed the resources of even the largest firms . |
| 24 | But in the past few years , the insurance market has been losing money , and it has turned out that the resources of even the richest people are less than infinite . |
| 25 | stock responses like ‘ well , you know , we do n't really think about it that much , actually ’ , send the hearts of even the least demanding interviewer plummeting into their boots . |
| 26 | In many tuna sets most encircled dolphins are successfully released , but sometimes adverse weather conditions or equipment malfunctions can hamper the efforts of even the best-intentioned and most experienced crews . |
| 27 | One survey of aged inmates of the Newington workhouse in south London showed that a mere sixteen out of 725 had any relatives with even the space to take them in . |
| 28 | The-presence of expatriate managers and technicians in foreign firms in even the most industrially advanced countries , serves to intensify the distinction between foreign new and domestic old industry . |
| 29 | People are always niggling me and teasing me for doing too much work , going into too many details for even the smallest conference . |
| 30 | The moral niceties , the aesthetic sensibilities , the philosophical abstractions of even the most progressive wing of conventional public opinion were luxuries Russia could not afford . |