Example sentences of "even [conj] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 2 | She had to hear it from his own lips , even if it meant that part of her died . |
| 3 | For she could not bear him to be unhappy — even if it meant that she must … |
| 4 | Suchinda announced on May 12 that he would accept parliament 's decision to amend the constitution , even if it meant that he had to resign as Prime Minister . |
| 5 | The basic situation which I contemplate is a patient in hospital refusing all but nursing attendance , or the patient at home refusing all care , even if it means that he will be left alone . |
| 6 | Chris disapproves strongly of artificial methods of rearing , even if it means that he may only get one or two fry from a brood . |
| 7 | You can then pay bills immediately , using a separate chequebook , even if it means that you slip into the red . |
| 8 | Instead of selling it off we should invest , even if it means that taxpayers have to contribute . |
| 9 | Andy supports the inclusion of squirt boats as a compulsory class , even if it means that competitors need to train beforehand , rather than having separate events for squirt and float boats . |
| 10 | And of course you shall live the life which you have decided on — as Mama and I have lived ours — even if it means that we lose you . ’ |
| 11 | That would help to show the universal determination of all parties in the House to achieve an answer that will provide a proper future for British agriculture and enable me at least to be able to tell my companions in the negotiations that there are things that matter so much to us that we will sit there until we achieve them , even if it means that we will sit there for many more months to come . |
| 12 | If it 's gon na plague him and give him trouble let's get it sorted out this year , even if it means that he has a little bit of temporary deafness for a little while , you know ? |
| 13 | ‘ It must be got rid of even if it means that the Prime Minister goes down with her own flagship ’ . |
| 14 | Nothing went smoothly , even when it appeared that the most minute details had been described with no further room for misunderstanding . |
| 15 | I will do it even when it snows and when it rains . |
| 16 | I did n't go in the Jolly Farmer even though it sounds as though I did . |
| 17 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 18 | Even though it meant that going to fetch the letters gave you scratches and nettle-stings . |
| 19 | His Lordship could not accept that a sensible construction of paragraph 19 involved that , provided only the commercial deputising service was large and efficient enough , the FPC was in practice obliged to give its consent even though it knew that the doctor in question intended to delegate his entire practice to such an organisation . |
| 20 | In the case of Estella however her appearances are n't really deceiving as she looks arrogant and proud and has proud eyes though she really changes for the better even though it occurred because of her treatment by Bentley Drummle and in the end like Pip , she is wiser and has been softened by her experiences and lost her proud eyes and air . |
| 21 | Confession is the strategy which minimises the maximum jail sentence the prisoner can receive , and this minimax strategy is the best one , even though it ensures that the prisoner can not receive the lowest sentence allowed by the ‘ game ’ , the one year for a lesser offence . |
| 22 | If he does so , the auctioneer can make the purchaser pay the full price again , even though it means that the purchaser pays twice over . ’ |