Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] even the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was quite evidently not a person to be trusted with even the simplest task . |
| 2 | This reflects both a desire to uphold tradition and the fact that natural dyes produce a subtle beauty of tone that has never been equalled by even the finest synthetic dyes . |
| 3 | But David Evans was a fair-minded young man , and knew from his historical studies that bad luck can not be avoided by even the greatest of men . |
| 4 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 5 | AT A top price of £20-£30 — ‘ through the roof ’ says Ian Hooker , with tongue in cheek — commemorative and advertising matchbox grips still cost peanuts compared with even the cheapest London saleroom collectables . |
| 6 | Without technology like this , Jonathon and thousands like him would be debarred from even the simplest form of human interaction . |
| 7 | Many burgh councillors and freeholders were happy enough to see one of their numerous sons placed in even the humblest post in the excise administration . |
| 8 | The surgical exposure is satisfactory and not unduly prolonged in even the largest patients and the technique does not interfere with any subsequent transplant operation . |
| 9 | It is beyond chance that all of these species also happen to be animals ; plants , perhaps inhabiting the same regions as these animals , have disappeared without even the briefest of epitaphs . |
| 10 | Some of the following problems may be encountered by even the healthiest head of hair some time during its long and variously-styled life : |
| 11 | ‘ Justice is not served by even the slightest suspicion of injustice , ’ the Rt Rev Santer said yesterday . |
| 12 | For the wealthy , the Act for Burying in Woollen imposed but another expense , as £5 was but a small price to pay so as not to be buried in a material proscribed for even the lowliest rustic . |
| 13 | Such heavy particles can not be created at even the highest energies particle accelerators can reach , but they could have been produced copiously in the aftermath of the big bang , with which , cosmologists generally believe , the Universe began . |
| 14 | This is important , as many woods , particularly mahogany , acquire a beautiful patina on ageing , which is immediately destroyed by even the lightest sanding . |
| 15 | Prout have over forty years of experience in design and construction of catamarans and as one would expect , superb attention has been paid to even the smallest detail making her comfortable and workable . |