Example sentences of "even [conj] it were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it could be argued that an organisation is badly structured because it is poorly managed , and even if it were restructured , poor management would continue to depress the organisation 's performance — ie. performance may not be attributable only to structure . |
| 2 | Considerable difficulty , however , would be met in outlining the degree of sexual conduct which would amount to adultery , even if it were given a much wider connotation where homosexuals were involved . |
| 3 | If we were correct in our hypothesis of Jesus 's marriage and children , or even if it were believed true at the time , it would do much to explain the agreed rapport between Constantine and the Roman Church . |
| 4 | But yes it could be done , but even if it were done , and you were quite right , the the the intelligence is insufficiently precise to actually hit everybody . |
| 5 | Now , it 's a bit different , because normally we apply to a job in Glasgow , we might get it or we might not , but , you look at , we 've got more of , of information , but , in less developed countries , that information is , even if it were collected , sometimes it 's not even collected , erm , it 's not widely available , so people 's perceptions or hearsay from people who 've gone before , is the information , and that 's often erm , wrong . |
| 6 | But this notion would probably do little to slow the emigration rate even if it were realised . |
| 7 | Such action , even if it were resented by the governments , would be hailed with joy by the populations … . |
| 8 | They had realised , as William Pitt had done , that minimum wage legislation , even if it were based on a family with three children , was not enough to meet the need of all families . |
| 9 | Even if it were to acquire Palatine , its North Western tied house stock would only increase to some 330 . |
| 10 | Some want Taligent to go with Mach 3.0 instead of Opus-for-openness , and to try and get the stuff out earlier , even if it were to mean having to tie up loose ends as it went along . |
| 11 | Being , as I think , unattached , the statue was , prima facie , not a fixture , but even if it were attached , the application of the second test would lead to the same conclusion . |