Example sentences of "even [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those extra shillings , or even pennies , were often sorely needed , But what was a reasonable age for a boy or girl to commence a life of labour at a copper mine ? |
| 2 | However , one can see that the relative emphasis on these four factors may vary ( and sometimes conflict ) not only from job to job ( in some cases expertise is of the essence , in others the degree content is virtually irrelevant , and ability and ‘ personality ’ are the key things ) but from one employer and even personnel manager to another . |
| 3 | Even personnel associated with stars will be wise to think ahead to the need for renewal . |
| 4 | Erm even tapestries like the Devonshire hunting tapestry which you may have seen at the V and A. Er the tops look as if they 're been eaten by mice because they 're been so often snagged onto tenterhooks and moved and moved round and onto other tenterhooks , they just do n't seem to have had the same view of this kind of thing as we do . |
| 5 | More versatile hunters such as the Kestrel will take any small mammals , birds , reptiles or even beetles as they are available . |
| 6 | In moments of despair you hit hope on the head with a hammer , but she goes on breathing in dark , safe spaces , echoes and cobwebs/tatters of past desire , spent and perfect , swim through time towards you , reminding you of what was but is no more/splinters in the flesh/tiny mouths open and close and never get fed — not even scraps — nothing at all . |
| 7 | With the manure provided by so many beasts , there was some hope of success in making productive the marginal soils of the Weald , particularly where natural fertiliser was augmented by a wide variety of other fertilisers , lime , meat and even scraps from the villages . |
| 8 | In the immediate aftermath of the rioting the vignerons tried to excuse their actions by claiming that only houses which practised the blending of wines from the Midi had been molested , but there was no evidence to bear this out and even houses which had kept strictly to the noble blends had been attacked . |
| 9 | Finally I saw shapes of valleys , hills , crags , the white flash of waterfalls and then after Bill Robins lent me his binoculars , even houses , mostly thatched with palms or with roofs of red corrugated iron , the trademark of Polynesia , with the occasional roof of startling white . |
| 10 | He and fellow Catholic lords began to murmur of an uprising against Elizabeth ; and there were even plans for Mary to marry the Duke of Norfolk , in the hope of producing an acceptable successor to the throne of England . |
| 11 | It ca n't be knocked down because of a protection order — and there are even plans to establish a museum of psychiatry on the site . |
| 12 | You do not look at motivations , feelings or even attitudes . |
| 13 | God 's truth is meant to have a powerful effect in changing even the most deep seated of our attitudes , even attitudes like those of the early Jewish Christians towards the Gentiles which had centuries of cultural back-up to support them . |
| 14 | Ideology in this context may be defined as ‘ a set of closely related beliefs or ideas , or even attitudes characteristic of a group or community ’ . |
| 15 | The system is by no means an infallible guide to people 's spending habits or even attitudes , but the combined efforts of the market research world have failed , so far , to come up with anything better . |
| 16 | Rampaging children and large pets ( even Oscars ) can have more obvious effects . |
| 17 | A structure exists by a set of laws , principles , perhaps even axioms that appear to bind the parts into a unity . |
| 18 | By association , girdles , suspenders , stockings , even petticoats , all become imbued with sexual connotations in their own right . |
| 19 | However , such land is intended to be used by hikers and campers , many of whom show little respect for rare reptiles , in particular harmless water snakes , and even pangolins and pythons . |
| 20 | Why not green , or even pinks and golds ? |
| 21 | Programs for use by accountants , shopkeepers , doctors and even housewives . |
| 22 | Even employers who are punctilious in consulting staff representatives sometimes fail to talk directly to the people whose jobs are at stake . |
| 23 | This also applies to children , employees and even employers . |
| 24 | Even employers gave a lukewarm response to the jobs proposals . |
| 25 | Even employers who steadfastly denied that they would ever use such a method usually indicated that they knew of those who did . |
| 26 | Mr Willis said people would be astonished that the Government was pressing ahead with a Bill which no one , not even employers , wanted . |
| 27 | He missed only a couple of the remaining League fixtures that season and starred in Palace 's superb 2–0 FA Cup victory over Spurs at The Nest , outshining even Spurs ' legendary Arthur Grimsdell on the day ! |
| 28 | Most of the top premier sides Scum , Red Scouse , Arse , Villa , Weds , even Spurs , would not want any of our defenders ( inc keeper ) except for Dorigo if we paid them . |
| 29 | They may be remnants of severe tidal encounters or even mergers between normal stars . |
| 30 | No spiritual support was allowed to the isolated children , even though , as one parent bitterly commented , ‘ even prisoners are allowed this ’ . |