Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if one rejected Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say something is white ? ’ one might still hold there to be conditions which have to be satisfied for a colour-word to be used meaningfully . |
| 2 | Still , even if one avoids mathematics , some of the ideas are unfamiliar and difficult to explain . |
| 3 | Even if one accepted de Gaulle 's implausible claim that the RPF had saved France from communism in 1947 , it was clear by 1951 that the RPF had failed to achieve its essential aim , since the Fourth Republic had survived . |
| 4 | We should recall here how alive the Chicago School was to this link , even if they saw people 's careers and mobility as largely products of their own actions rather than also the products of companies and other institutions . |
| 5 | ‘ We are allowed to give drugs to relieve pain , even if they shorten life . |
| 6 | And , by reforming the health insurance market , my plan assures that Americans will have access to basic health insurance even if they change jobs or develop serious health problems . |
| 7 | Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time . |
| 8 | In a series of meetings in early April West German officials were believed to have told US officials that once Germany was unified , companies in the former East Germany would honour existing contracts with the Soviet Union , even if they violated COCOM restrictions . |
| 9 | Yeah well even if they came sort of late afternoon , turn up about fiveish and had a a bit of tea and then spent the evening with you that wo n't be too bad would it ? |
| 10 | SO even if they felt hostility , they were going to keep it to themselves . |
| 11 | SCHOOL SPORTS : Why force children on to windswept playing fields even if they hate games and are n't any good ? |
| 12 | Even if they received unemployment benefit it was usually spent entirely on food . |
| 13 | I think that they might seem to be an indulgence to supporters more than partners , even if they offered training/education . |
| 14 | The children had bloomed in the soft Devonshire air , completely winning the heart of Mrs Bryant , even if they drove Mr Bryant wild by sneaking into the kitchen garden and eating all his prize raspberries ! |
| 15 | We are not allowed to give drugs to shorten life , even if they relieve pain . |
| 16 | The downward slope of the effective labour demand function reflects the hypothesis that , even if they face quantity constraints in the goods market , firms would be willing to employ more workers if the real wage rate were lower . |
| 17 | And 99 per cent of women have jobs , even if they have children , because one salary is not enough to support the family . |
| 18 | ‘ Even if they have mortgage arrears they can be called up by the Public Carriage Office for questioning . |
| 19 | They could not , he pointed out , avoid a battle indefinitely and even if they defeated Cumberland 's army , estimated at 12,000 , the remnants would still bar their way to London , while Wade 's 9000 men would be undefeated in their rear . |
| 20 | And even if they transfer money |
| 21 | Residents should have the same security of tenure as normal tenants , even if they spend weeks or months in hospital every now and again . |
| 22 | On nationalisation , this local democratic pressure was removed , and most Boards took the statute as meaning they should do their best to extend supplies to rural areas even if they incurred losses in doing so which had to be made up from surpluses elsewhere . |
| 23 | Threats of trade reprisals , even if they force Japan to give way , will not . |
| 24 | With the possible exception of the first , the ability and success of these women are unquestionable , even if they exercised power faute de mieux , against the natural order of things . |
| 25 | ‘ Proper ’ subjects have to ensure that even if they involve skills , they are not based on them . |
| 26 | The answer is that even if everyone playing cards always had a certain sort of feeling when they trumped an opponent 's card and had another , different , feeling when they revoked , it would still be the case that to understand what it is to trump , and to revoke , we would have to look at the game itself , that is , at the use of trump-cards in the game . |
| 27 | ‘ Even if we played shit they 'd love the show , ’ barks a dismissive Craig . |
| 28 | GUIL : And even if we came face to face , what do we say ? |
| 29 | ‘ But he was a good companion even if we had trouble with the bowels . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I think not — even if we had time , ’ Seton said . |