Example sentences of "even if [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , even if one considers just those with jobs , only four business areas employed 10 per cent or more of students with work , and only seven had 5 per cent or above . |
| 2 | Anyway , these must not be dismissed with hasty suggestions ; it is extremely important to my mind not to discredit the zoophile cause by sounding idiotic and to take great notice of the knowledgeable people who are concerned with managing these creatures even if one does not like their attitudes . |
| 3 | Freud believed that at the root of all neuroses lay repressed sexual desires , but even if one does not follow him in this , it would be hard to resist the conclusion that this was true of some of his patients . |
| 4 | Even if one does not believe in the principle of intellectual conservation of quantity , the same amount of study time is being poured into different shaped vessels , one tall and narrow , the other flat and wide . |
| 5 | Even if one had never visited this part of England , the map would suggest that there are fundamental differences in the way in which the landscapes of the two halves of the counties have evolved . |
| 6 | Each life decision is to some extent irrevocable , since even if one goes back to the fork in the road and takes the other turning , he can not eradicate the effects of the experience the first choice has brought him . |
| 7 | ‘ It would be difficult to invent a more complicated system for taxing the self-employed even if one set out with that very objective , ’ Mr Lamont said . |
| 8 | Apart from the fact that a fully satisfactory solution is available without the need to assume that truncated clauses lurk beneath predicate qualifiers , there would be good reasons for discounting the possibility , even if one did not initially accept the intensional pattern of ( 15 ) as valid . |
| 9 | Oh , of course the opposite happens in a group , I mean what happens in groups you know therapeutic groups tend to be like this one , they sit in circles and they , they kind of focus on very often on the leader who often plays a very , very powerful role even if they claim not to . |
| 10 | Premier League chief executive Rick Parry said last night : ‘ Clubs who might be involved in the relegation battle now have the incentive of earning extra cash by moving up a place , even if they go down . |
| 11 | So that if even if they reach through they 're going to have to break the lock just to get in . |
| 12 | The tax-raising powers of such an assembly , which are referred to coyly by Opposition Members as being only marginal , would , even if they raised only 2p in the pound , cost a single man on average wages £4.72 per week . |
| 13 | The cachous vanished in a flash and there were sullen looks and mutterings as the last children went back to their places , though one or two , even if they had n't won a sweet , felt strangely pleased that they had done something good , though not all were quite sure what it was . |
| 14 | And even if they had n't told me , I would have known . |
| 15 | Scarlet had found it all very puzzling and upsetting : she could n't envisage herself telephoning her first husband 's second wife to complain about her child — even if they had n't gone to Australia . |
| 16 | ‘ Or even if they had n't been well paid , ’ added Tealtaoich . |
| 17 | Even if they had not acquired reversions , the sons of officeholders did their best to step quickly into the posts of their dead or dying fathers . |
| 18 | Even if they had never contemplated the smallest act of resistance themselves , the notion of FAKINTIL in the hills with their leader had offered the possibility of freedom one day . |
| 19 | Even if they went out the league they 'd get that number . |
| 20 | CD-ROM initiatives are emerging , however , even if they fall far short of multimedia . |
| 21 | Even if they lived apart , surely … |
| 22 | Even if they turn out to be right , some of them , they still have British Rail privatization , they still have VAT on fuel , they still have rising water charges , they still have the education wrangle . |
| 23 | Even so , some names will elicit more anticipatory excitement than others , and I would hazard a guess that , even if they 've never played one , most bass players are aware of Pedulla 's reputation . |
| 24 | As I 've said , you change yarn every two rows , which most knitters seem to know , even if they 've never tried double jacquard . |
| 25 | However , one ‘ kinship defender ’ interviewed did speak of children ‘ having intense feelings for their own parents even if they 've never seen them ’ . |
| 26 | There was still much danger : the palace was heavily guarded , and even if they got away King Minos had many warships which could chase and sink them . |
| 27 | If we can sort of get them out for a night or even if they get back at twelve . |
| 28 | ‘ Their reactions ought to be recorded , ’ he believes , ‘ even if they get out of the City . ’ |
| 29 | The chairman of British Gas gets a 17pc pay rise while the small gas users are being hammered for a full standing charge even if they use only one unit per quarter . |
| 30 | Even if they stretch as far as I can see , ’ she added , looking up and then down the river . |