Example sentences of "[noun pl] even [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no record of who owns what in the area of mining rights ; thus a mining company may have to spend years discovering to whom it has to pay royalties even after it has ascertained that a piece of Britain contains valuable metals . |
| 2 | The company argued that it was given a stay of execution by other bankers even though it had defaulted on loans connected with its American Heileman brewing operations . |
| 3 | Well , no one was going to call them cheapskates even if it meant staying at home for the rest of the decade . |
| 4 | When Madame shook the bucket you turned out your pockets even if it meant walking home . |
| 5 | The implementation of liberty can stretch to keeping places of recreation closed on Sundays , upholding the rights of preachers to speak in public places even if it causes an affray , and opposing the development of catholic schools because their teachers do not communicate the Bible without priestly mediation . |
| 6 | Then he said : ‘ If the letters ca n't be recovered , your brother 's defence collapses even before it 's been assembled , does n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists . |
| 8 | ‘ But I am not bitter over how Sam Hammam handled things even though it had all become a bit of a nightmare for me . |
| 9 | But it did not , at any rate for the peasantry , which on the whole refused to turn itself into a flourishing class of commercial farmers even when it had the chance to do so . |
| 10 | The central paradox of this kind of ‘ trading places ’ is that through the very symmetry of its inversions it postulates imaginary correspondences between black and white positions even as it seeks to naturalize difference and domination . |
| 11 | SunSoft says Solaris x86 will run on Intel Corp-based Acer , Advanced Logic Research , Grid , Olivetti , Apricot , Compaq Computer Corp , Gateway , IBM , NCR and NEC machines even though it does n't have OEM deals with these companies . |
| 12 | But with the last cut in the discount and Lombard rates in early February , and further reductions expected in the coming months , it clearly recognises the need for lower rates even if it does adhere to its policy of small steps . |
| 13 | because there must be some give and take in the deal and the Purchaser would probably proceed on the same terms even if it knew of a few minor breaches — the Purchaser should not be able to bring a claim after completion for those kinds of problems ; |
| 14 | Is n't it time that Silver sorted things out and got us some money to buy players even if it means bringing in another board member . |
| 15 | London Transport said it would not have dismissed strike leaders even if it knew their identity , for fear of bringing the Underground system to a halt . |
| 16 | Carbon fibre tubes have cured much of this ; but the fourth bridle line is used on larger sport kites even though it requires accurate adjustment to balance with the other lines . |
| 17 | Respondents to the Social Attitudes Survey in 1984 were asked : In general would you say that people should obey the law without exception , or are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law ? |
| 18 | So it ca n't be the same as in churches even if it stays in the profit ? |