Example sentences of "even [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most British firms even if they recognize the problem , do n't do anything about it . |
| 2 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 3 | And remember , Roger , the thread had been removed , the fuse destroys itself , and people coming in and out of the room , once the bed was on fire , would scarcely think it suspicious even if they saw the odd burn mark on the floor . |
| 4 | Even if they had the space , the concept is riddled with conflict . |
| 5 | It is therefore difficult to train such staff , even if they had the time and inclination to practise the skills necessary . |
| 6 | Barn owls are susceptible to bad weather , though , because a hard winter can kill their food supply even if they resist the cold themselves . |
| 7 | — Even if they prefer the uncertainty principle ? |
| 8 | There was here some enquiry and the that enquiry as a matter of public policy I understand the documents are n't to be available , even if they assist the police , or if they assist the other side . |
| 9 | But the complication of such an operation would be considerable ; and it is reasonable to say that the entire population of the Pacific nations , even if they inhabit the Atlantic seaboard , can make use of the goods that are carried across the Pacific Ocean . |
| 10 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 11 | But then even if they do that and even if they get the franchise , they 're not going to be able to say , we can now hold on to it for five , or seven , years , however long the franchise is going to be , because if another bidder comes along in the meantime and says , we rather like this ourselves , they 'll be thrown off . |
| 12 | If the bizarre characters were favoured by female choice , or in male competition , they could be maintained even if they decreased the viability of their bearers : the advantage in sexual success could compensate the disadvantage in viability . |
| 13 | Both mothers could take legal action against the hospital even if they have the correct child . |
| 14 | This failing , it is suggested , is often compounded by the use of obscure , abstract terminology which teachers simply do not have the time ( even if they have the inclination ) to penetrate . |
| 15 | Second , households with different compositions will have different patterns of demand , even if they have the same income . |
| 16 | Even if they have the papers , they wo n't show them to you . ’ |
| 17 | Even if they escape the attentions of the horsefly larvae , the young toads are still not safe . |
| 18 | Most naturalists thought that there was some sort of underlying pattern in Nature , even if they found the circles a little too artificial a representation of the pattern . |
| 19 | Some members of the group were avid supporters of reggae — they loved the music even while they hated the people who made it . |
| 20 | There certainly were opportunities , therefore , for children and young people to contribute both directly and indirectly to the household economy even before they entered the labour market , and on balance the evidence suggests that girls were likely to be more substantial contributors than boys , especially in the provision and exchange of domestic services , although boys may have had more opportunities to earn money . |
| 21 | International prop PHILIPPE GIMBERT from Beglès-Bordeaux , a club which had acquired an unsavoury reputation even before they won the French Championship , has been fined FF8,000 ( about £850 ) for damages resulting from a punch in a club match against Rodez in December 1990 . |
| 22 | Even before they closed the mine we knew that once they retired my husband we 'd have to move . |
| 23 | People lied about their intentions up to the moment of voting and went on lying even as they left the polling stations , saying they had voted for Labour when they had voted Tory , ’ he says . |
| 24 | While other ways of making money become more respectable and sometimes laudable , developers are still seen as the spiritual heirs of Victorian millowners and slum landlords , people who , even as they tear the hearts out of cities , simultaneously give then a fatal sclerosis . |
| 25 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 26 | Even when they make the right choice , they do n't let the choice go through . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 28 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 29 | Even when they hear the evidence ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Even when they hear the evidence ? |