Example sentences of "[adj] even [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above : The Scissortail is very popular even though it lacks any bright colouring . |
| 2 | Any loan from the bank involves a risk of default , and the bank will be concerned about this even though it has sought security from the firm . |
| 3 | The most celebrated of all the northern constellations is distinctive even though it contains no star as bright as the first magnitude . |
| 4 | In the case of Estella however her appearances are n't really deceiving as she looks arrogant and proud and has proud eyes though she really changes for the better even though it occurred because of her treatment by Bentley Drummle and in the end like Pip , she is wiser and has been softened by her experiences and lost her proud eyes and air . |
| 5 | Karnstein seemed to have been born to fit the caricatured image of a hospital matron , determined to do a patient good even if it killed him . |
| 6 | However , the Marxist position is no more verifiable even if it constitutes a more rounded explanation . |
| 7 | Nor does the familiar bogy of the French Minister of Education , said to know exactly what every child at school is learning that minute , when he looks at his watch , seem so very alarming even if it conformed in any way with the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 9 | The right side remains right even if it has no ultimate hope at all . |
| 10 | General Leclerc , as a soldier , was not , at least not to begin with , and believed not only that the reconquest of Tonkin , even in part , was impossible but that a negotiated settlement was essential even if it conceded independence . |
| 11 | ‘ Worse even than it appeared , ’ Doctor Staples said knowingly . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly , the results are not always convincing : lyric poetry , for example is labelled as non-fictional even when it includes references to non-existing objects ( such as blue deer in Georg Trakl 's poems ) , while narrative and nonsense poetry are assigned to the fictional domain . |
| 13 | It is part of their religion , a religion I do not scoff at as it holds many elements which match our own even though it lacks the truth of ours . |
| 14 | The influence remains dominant even when it becomes clear that the ill-health of many people has often more to do with the context of their lives and factors such as poverty , lack of access to land and food security , sanitation and employment . |
| 15 | ‘ Thanks , Belinda , ’ he said solemnly , trying to eat the fluffly mass even as it began to darken and stick to his fingers . |
| 16 | It was written out of deep respect for the victims and their kin , and The Smiths felt it was an important enough song to put on their last single even though it had already been released on L.P. In a word it is a memorial to the children and all like them who have sufferered such a fate . |
| 17 | It would n't be disastrous even if it gave out in mid-field , he adds . |
| 18 | A building lease for a term of more than forty years , where the lessor is not a public body , is freely assignable even if it contains a qualified covenant against alienation ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 , s19(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's very difficult to do because if you are n't careful you just write down a series of platitudes , but I think that a statement of aims and beliefs is very necessary even if it does look platitudinous . ’ |
| 20 | It is recognisable even when it appears in feminist dress , as it does , for example , in these remarks of Hester Eisenstein ( 1984 ) : ‘ I argue that feminist theory has moved from an emphasis on the elimination of gender difference to a celebration of that difference as a source of moral values . |
| 21 | Curiously , the clause in Interfoto Picture Library v. Stiletto Visual Programmes was almost certainly a penalty and unenforceable even if it had been properly incorporated ( see paragraph 14–13 below ) . |