Example sentences of "even year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be some months or even years later when , for the first time they over-correct from a practice stall , they experience a substantial reduction in ‘ g ’ loading . |
| 2 | Leonard could be fastidious to the nth degree in completing his own work — he has always said that he works ‘ one word at a time , ’ and can spend months , even years , in adding finesse to it ; he is nevertheless dismissive of anything approaching scholarly exactitude , still more so pedantry . |
| 3 | It can be speculated that the informants recruited in Operation Ward may have been known to the IRA for months or even years . |
| 4 | For example , the son who is chosen by his family to go and earn money in a town and city may achieve a certain status in the joint family — he has been chosen , after all , for his abilities and strength of mind — but he has to suffer months , even years , of separation from his wife and loss of all contact with those who love him . |
| 5 | They have to make a huge effort , spend large amounts of money and often wait months , even years , to trace their son or daughter . |
| 6 | ‘ Tracing a child may take months , even years ’ |
| 7 | The elusive creature may be successfully trailed for a time , then disappear for months and even years . |
| 8 | Perhaps over a period of months , even years , the yearning grew to escape . |
| 9 | There may be many reasons why the husband and wife do not make any formal agreement about separation , but this should not entitle a husband to return and force himself upon his wife weeks , months , or even years since he last saw her . |
| 10 | But it might be months , or even years away , for it seemed to belong to another person , a different life . |
| 11 | With the Berlin Philharmonic Karajan was able to extend the scope of his musical preparation not just across days but across weeks and even years . |
| 12 | This bizarre characteristic did not disappear with the end of the war , for when I visited her home during a sugar shortage in the 1970s , I saw the dining-room mantelpiece piled high with two-pound bags — enough , surely , to satisfy the most desperate sweet-tooth for months , or even years , to come . |
| 13 | Spread is slow and extension may take place over a period of months , even years . |
| 14 | With luck , this procedure can be dragged out for months or even years , with costs mounting in parallel . |
| 15 | You thus end up with a whole batch of specific tasks to carry out , some over several months , even years . |
| 16 | Cell biologists , Drs Andrew Sincock and Jeff Middleton at Queen Elizabeth College in London can now identify potentially malignant ( cancer-causing ) cells in cervical smears months or even years before a skilled pathologist can see structural abnormalities in the cells . |
| 17 | It states that sex is not appropriate in every situation where a couple are mutually attracted , or even within a relationship that is expected to last for some months or even years . |
| 18 | Rather like good eating habits , the rewards are reaped weeks , if not months or even years later . |
| 19 | This can be expressed very physically in the way breasts are now regarded as being for feeding babies rather than for making love , and most couples experience tensions over their sexual relationship in the early months and even years of parenthood . |
| 20 | For example , it may speak of ‘ Terminal Condition ’ , but what is ‘ Terminal ’ ; six days , six months or even years ? |
| 21 | More and more we are beginning to suspect that a similar situation may also occur with other conditions and that the suppression of symptoms with palliative therapy leads to the development , perhaps even years later , of more serious complaints . |
| 22 | Start thinking today what you would really like to work towards over the next few months and even years . |
| 23 | He realized now what solitary confinement must be like and wondered how people could survive months , even years of it . |
| 24 | She or he may be able to suppress the compulsion for months or even years , believing perhaps that there are more worthwhile , less selfish ways to spend one 's time . |
| 25 | Have you ever created a conflict situation yourself with someone you consider responsible for hurting you in some way , perhaps even years before ? |
| 26 | The latest generation of Nife cells can lie dormant for months , even years , and still spring smartly to attention when called on to do their duty . |
| 27 | As the child gets older and time orientations lengthen , the reward may be delayed ; gratification may occur days , weeks , months or even years later , and this may result in a ‘ work ethic ’ style in which persistence becomes a sub-goal in itself . |
| 28 | His seeming determination to be confused with the distinguished British artist is evident in the recent press release advertising an exhibition of his work in which he refers to his emphasis on non-commissioned portrait drawings which ‘ entail months , even years , of work with the sitter , while very little peripheral material such as smaller studies , sculpture , and etchings is allowed to emerge from the studio ’ . |
| 29 | These organs are , simple lungs and with their aid , the lungfish can survive for several months , even years . |
| 30 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |