Example sentences of "even [conj] it do [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it does go outside , there is little to hunt on the manicured lawns , and no serious threat from feline neighbours . |
| 2 | However , this level of unreasonableness is hardly the norm , and even if it does exist would be difficult to prove . |
| 3 | But with the last cut in the discount and Lombard rates in early February , and further reductions expected in the coming months , it clearly recognises the need for lower rates even if it does adhere to its policy of small steps . |
| 4 | And even if it does capture a market , there is always the risk it may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals , such as tempeh and tofu , once the initial suspicions of meat alternatives are overcome . |
| 5 | A reputation for being fair , just , reasonable and courageous is worth winning even if it does mean occasionally upsetting some people . |
| 6 | ‘ I think the picture is excellent , ’ she declares with touching , if shortsighted , loyalty , though she admits she was n't over the moon about the trailer promoting ‘ The bitch is back ! ’ even if it does refer to the mother alien monster . |
| 7 | Reality , though , need not be as hopeless as we think , even if it does appear to take longer to recover from injuries and the task of regaining fitness seems to take an eternity . |
| 8 | Nothing wrong with that , you might think , even if it does represent more than 70 times last year 's earnings — a price-earnings ratio of Japanese proportions . |
| 9 | That looks pricey , missing both the personal computer and sub-$5,000 price points the company has been talking about , even if it does offer more floating point performance than Intel Corp 's high-end 486DX-50 chip . |
| 10 | There are a number of suitable subjects , all of which should do reasonably well , even if it does get cool . |
| 11 | They 've sacrificed some of their originality for a more ‘ contemporary ’ sound , yet it 's encouraging that they show such willingness to innovate — even if it does sound as if they 're still stumbling through the undergrowth . |
| 12 | ‘ On the contrary , it 's because … dash it , I 'll say it even if it does sound sloppy ! |
| 13 | erm you know even if it does come in late so we can say oh yes I remember this person sort of thing , you know |
| 14 | As the B-1R is , after all , designed to be racked , it looks a bit daft sitting on top of the 4x10 , even if it does allow you to whack all the necessary connections together in about thirty seconds flat . |
| 15 | Even if it does happen , it does not force the conclusion that speaker 1 has monitored speaker 2 's speech and made an assessment of how often speaker 2 uses that variant . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's very difficult to do because if you are n't careful you just write down a series of platitudes , but I think that a statement of aims and beliefs is very necessary even if it does look platitudinous . ’ |
| 17 | See Dentdale in summer when the hay meadows are on fire with wild flowers and the roadsides are crowded with the pale lilac of the bell flowers and you will find it hard to disagree with one early writer 's description of Dentdale as " an earthly paradise " , even if it does have a vampire buried in its churchyard . |
| 18 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
| 19 | This is an enjoyable collection , even if it does seem to lack the careful planning so evident in the rest of this outstanding series . ( ) |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm pleased to find that your sense of humour is still intact , even if it does seem to be a shade cynical . |
| 21 | Now it can be argued that the mere collection of information about named persons is not in itself necessarily wrong ; even if it does offend against good taste — like the prying neighbour behind the lace curtains — it is hardly an area for the heavy hand of the law . |
| 22 | Definitely not my type , I decided , even if it did mean getting even with Dennis . |
| 23 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 24 | I thought of all the extra equipment his money would buy for Masquerade , and that 's how I tried to justify my acceptance of the senator 's proposal , but in reality it was because Crowninshield had invited me to play Galahad and I never could resist the lure of the dragon 's breath even if it did mean charging into idiocy like a fool . |
| 25 | Even the thought of lunch at Osborne House again tomorrow did n't seem too bad an idea , even if it did mean listening to Mama telling him how she heard nightingales in the garden at Pierremont House and how she walked all the way to Pegwell when she was twelve and ate shrimp paste at the Bellevue Tavern . |
| 26 | Given trust as a first condition , the changes which followed each stage of review , assessment and evaluation came more easily — even if it did mean that some criticisms had first to be voiced and discussed ( JM Dobson conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 27 | Besides , she did n't feel so wonderful that she wanted a boat ride to the mainland just yet , even if it did mean staying shut up here with only this moody man for company . |
| 28 | Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November . |
| 29 | Oliver had reassured her that Sir Thomas could not possibly have committed suicide through anguish at her rejection and she was now prepared to enjoy the rest of the week immensely , even if it did involve a murder investigation . |
| 30 | More than that , and far worse , he is aware that he could not have it for himself even if it did exist . |