Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is even [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Notice that , if the adjective is not initially ( in the constructional sense ) applied to the noun phrase , it does not necessarily imply that an extralinguistic correlate of the latter must initially lack that property , and it is even compatible with the speaker or hearer knowing that the property does apply to the referent ( see ( 36 ) to ( 40 ) ) .
2 A version of it may have heartened the Normans in 1066 ; and it is even possible that the earliest surviving version was composed in Normandy .
3 In extensional flow , however , provided the strain rate exceeds the relaxation rate , that is , the rate at which a chain attempts to re-coil itself in order to increase its entropy , full extension of a chain can occur and it is even possible to cause chain scission , as evidenced by molecular weight studies made on solutions which have been subjected to high extensional flows .
4 Knoydart is a closed book for motorists and for all except walkers equipped with map and compass — and it is even difficult for strong walkers .
5 It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised .
6 It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised .
7 We were given humour to discern our own ridiculous airs and pomposities , and it is even valuable in the transcendent lest we lose ourselves in arrogance and pride and stray far from the real beauty of life .
8 Most listed companies do not yet have enough independent directors to fulfil the roles Cadbury allots them , and it is even doubtful whether enough individuals of the right calibre are available for these positions , particularly in view of the heavy legal responsibilities that any company director incurs .
9 This is not only simplistic but it is even ignorant of pain-provoking peripheral nerve fibres now known to exist in man .
10 The skunk has a pair of these glands and not only can it vary the strength of each jet according to the side from which you approach but it is even able to twist the nozzle of the gland so that the spray shoots out at an angle .
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