Example sentences of "even children " in BNC.

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1 In East Africa many of us had servants — in many homes even children were left with African ‘ boys ’ .
2 Violence continues , from left-wing guerrillas , right-wing ‘ social cleansing ’ squads who murder even children , and from cocaine gangsters .
3 Even children suffer because of the inadequacy of the food they eat .
4 However , meaness and untrustworthiness are not the prerogative of stallions alone , and some of the meanest horses are mares , and even children 's ponies !
5 But I yearn for a child or even children .
6 In March 1939 the CRREC claimed that ‘ Not only are Jewish children with no particular religious affiliation being placed in non Jewish homes and schools , utterly abandoned as far as their religious education is concerned , but even children who have been brought up in a religious atmosphere … are being callously placed in non Jewish schools and homes , where they suffer mental torture which , in at least one case , has brought the child to the verge of a nervous breakdown . ’
7 People in need of care and help and even children are now regarded as legitimate targets by the IRA 's faceless men .
8 The invisible invaders love dark , humid atmospheres and are found in the greatest numbers in bedrooms , multiplying happily in mattresses , carpets , curtains , upholstery and even children 's soft toys .
9 Even children 's titles .
10 Their belief in individual autonomy is such that even children are not required to obey their elders .
11 Even children on quite distant planets . ’
12 The idea is to join the words from the books with the pictures , although even children who cant read are able to call up a word list so they can join the words and pictures by association .
13 Why , he , too , could have a wife somewhere … even children .
14 Even children who were bombed out of their homes did not seem to suffer in any way …
15 So thorough was this exercise in data-collection that even children who had participated in union-organized picnics and outings were listed .
16 In some societies , for example , distantly related individuals may be incorporated into the formally recognised family , while in other cultures even children may be excluded .
17 THE recession is beginning to affect even children , says a new survey .
18 At the moment , even children under fourteen can use airguns on private land , though youngsters under seventeen must be accompanied by an adult on public land .
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