Example sentences of "even [conj] it [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little right of reply on radio and television and even where it exists it is not particularly likely to be heard by the audience of the original programme . |
| 2 | It is too early yet to say how useful the discourse approach will be , but even if it achieves nothing else , it can at least be claimed to have shown the inadequacy of attempting to analyse the function of intonation on the basis of isolated sentences or tone-units , removed from their linguistic and situational context . |
| 3 | There is controversy over whether this sort of fusion occurs under pressure inside the Earth , or inside the heavier Jupiter , but even if it does it is at levels that are useless for commercial fusion . |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am not sure if this will reach you and I know that even if it does you will not reply . |
| 5 | Even if it wastes your time . |
| 6 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 7 | The men also look very fine in their long curly wigs ( even if it takes their partners a little while to get used to them ) . |
| 8 | Cor even if it takes you three days ! |
| 9 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 10 | If you set over-ambitious targets ( " I 'm going to finish this assignment tonight — even if it kills me ! " ) and fail to achieve them , you simply reinforce your sense of guilt and failure . |
| 11 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ People who hang on to their land and property even if it kills them , so we 've never had to worry about money and that 's why we 're such nice people . ’ |
| 13 | It is clear that the core of the upper class certainly do differentiate themselves from the broader middle class , even if it suits them to call themselves ‘ middle class ’ when asked . |
| 14 | Agnew , however , is not certain that he wants to uproot his family — even if it gives him a chance to resurrect his career . |
| 15 | Her old tutor is horrified , but her husband says he supports the hunger strike -- even if it claims her life . |
| 16 | Quite often it has n't and even if it has it may be helpful to call the recipient with information on delivery and timing . |
| 17 | Even if it costs us a few hundred quid , it 's been worth it . |
| 18 | Even if it costs you £35 , the price differential on leaded petrol will virtually allow you to recoup the cost of adjustment within one year . |
| 19 | Even if it restricts itself to these , it is certain to face opposition from the Cable Television Authority , many of whose members are investigating the technology . |
| 20 | Being a sensible person , you will already have studied the standing orders and have resolved to take all your decisions without fear or favour , even if it makes you unpopular . |
| 21 | It 's our only hope even if it fails us , although it fails us , because it fails us . |
| 22 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 23 | Even if it means they 're only inches ahead in the three mile crawl along the rest of the road at least they 're in FRONT . |
| 24 | Yeah , even if it means I . |
| 25 | For his part , Mr Major , who feels the isolation from people that is an inevitable consequence of his position , is pleased to have contact , even if it means he is the occasional target of thrown eggs . |
| 26 | Even if it means you 've got to inconvenience the uncommitted . |
| 27 | Stick to the point , even if it means you 're acting like a bit of a broken record , get that person make sure they hear what you 're saying even if you have to repeat it over and over again . |
| 28 | What even if it means you . |
| 29 | Many of them have been slain , and those who still pursue their craft do so in large bands , which means for bad hunting , even while it keeps them alive . ’ |
| 30 | Yet even as it does your vision alters , |