Example sentences of "even [conj] it has no " in BNC.
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| 1 | It knows the right and wrong which have been instilled into it and — a contentious assertion — sometimes it seems to know what is right or wrong even although it has no behavioural conditioning for that situation . |
| 2 | The right side remains right even if it has no ultimate hope at all . |
| 3 | Ullman therefore suggests ( contra empiricists and Piaget ) that a baby — or , one might add , a kingfisher — can see that two appearances are views of one and the same object even if it has never seen that sort of object before , and even if it has no tactile or manipulative evidence suggesting that they pertain to one and the same thing . |
| 4 | The claim is therefore that denunciatory punishment is justified even if it has no good consequences such as educating the public conscience and thereby reducing the amount of crime . |
| 5 | In emergencies , such as a burst pipe or major leak , turning off the stopcock should be the first thing you do even if it has no immediate effect . |
| 6 | None the less , the question we have posed is an important one even if it has no ready answer ; important because it directs our attention to the ways in which disciplines acquire , develop and , not to be forgotten , discard knowledge . |
| 7 | Only the RIBA is standing somewhat aloof , even though it has no chance of funding a new ‘ architecture centre ’ , intended to house the splendid Drawings Collection at its Portland Place headquarters . |
| 8 | There is also the possibility of practice expressing the free will of the individual even though it has no other form of expression than the appearances available to consciousness . |
| 9 | Education performs political , social , as well as economic functions and it is thus too important to be made the slave to the needs of the economy even though it has no option but to be its servant . |