Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] even [conj] " in BNC.

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1 None of this may be objectively true — alternative , better , jobs simply may not exist even when there is not a high level of unemployment — but to the extent that individual workers believe the dominant achievement ideology in society then they will not wish to ‘ confess failure ’ by admitting that they do not enjoy an adequate level of job satisfaction .
2 But Texas hospitality does not perish even when conditions are adverse .
3 The resurrection , for people who believe it to have taken place , is presumably an objective fact of history ; one which they can not circumvent even if they would .
4 ‘ We will not surrender even if it takes forever , ’ said Corporal Roy Bantung .
5 ‘ We will not surrender even if it takes forever , ’ said Corporal Roy Bantung .
6 I I 'm grateful Mr Deputy Speaker and I I will certainly er stay in order but the British electorate coming up to June the ninth and the European er elections will not know even if we pass these particular proposals tonight er in which constituencies they will be voting and if I may give an illustration as the honourable member for Truro did er er as far as his European constituency is concerned er the European constituency of Derbyshire Ashfield will d be divided into three different directions as the result of this particular order in council if we pass it tonight .
7 If confidence is low , firms will not invest even if interest rates are low and borrowing is cheap .
8 It was noted that the localiser deflection sensitivity of the No. 1 VOR was set too high and the flag alarm settings on both the localiser and the glideslope were such that the flags would not appear even when the signals were unusable .
9 To use an analogy from short sight : people who wear glasses are relieved of the effects of their short sight for as long as they continue to wear them and for as long as they remember that there are still some things ( such as seeing clearly underwater ) that they can not do even if they are wearing glasses .
10 It does not break even if it lands directly on other eggs because its shell is twice as thick as those of the host bird .
11 The presence or absence of reefs can not be explained solely in terms of temperature and turbidity , for , although reefs are absent from cold current shorelines , such as the west coast of South America , they do not occur even where the temperatures are high enough for coral in this region .
12 ( d ) Capacity Certain persons may not vote even though otherwise qualified in terms of residence and nationality .
13 Six of them did a routine on top of a tank , and did not stop even when the snow began to fall .
14 Moran did not move even after the car stopped .
15 Deep weathering mantles can not develop even though the actual rate of weathering is probably very high as a result of the proximity of the weathering front to the surface and the associated rapid downslope movement of soil water .
16 The two assassins , a curious look in their eyes , stared back and did not resist even when my master shook them vigorously by the hand .
17 Yet half the names could not leave even if they wanted to : they are locked into the 58 ( out of a total of 401 ) Lloyd 's syndicates that have been unable to close one or more of their past annual accounts , so unquantifiable are the liabilities stacking up against them .
18 In practice , however , this will be difficult because unlike formal organisation , which does not change even when individual employees move into and out of jobs ( by promotion , transfer , appointment , resignation or retirement etc ) most informal organisations depend on individual personalities .
19 Then allow the particles to move apart in such a way that the combined wave function does not change even though the distance between the particles may be so great that there is no longer any possibility of mutual interaction : in principle this could be many kilometres .
20 Lawful acquisition of possession by the buyer will deprive the seller of his rights of lien and stoppage and those rights will not revive even if the buyer later returns the goods to the possession of the seller .
21 He reminded me of the tight-lipped heroes in war films — the name and number ploy ; more you will not get even if you carve strips off me .
22 Likewise , they can stand extreme cold and will not suffer even if trapped beneath a layer of ice for a day or two .
23 Hindley did not care what they did , as long as they kept out of his way , and they did not care even if he punished them .
24 The dish contained something shiny and wobbly and pink with a cherry on it , and in some strange way it managed to look like something you would n't eat even if it was pushed on to your plate after a week 's starvation diet .
25 . Well if we ca n't see it , it does n't matter even if it is there .
26 So it he said it did n't matter even if it was rape , she 's still got to have the baby , that it ?
27 Some of them have not been found guilty , and albeit they have been charged with horrendous crimes they are still innocent people and it does n't matter even if they are not innocent people , the Government still has a responsibility to life and limb and really I ca n't see any case at all for not storming .
28 She did n't condemn even though she was shrewd enough to know who was responsible .
29 He did n't stop even when he reached the hole .
30 Their terror does n't stop even when it 's over .
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