Example sentences of "even [conj] it may [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theories have been put forward that it had anything from 6 to 24 sides , and even that it may have been circular . |
| 2 | Yet identification with the aggressor , even if it may suggest a very early and rudimentary phase in superego development and therefore in internalization of the primal father , can not explain what had to happen next ; for , as we have seen , the crucial turning-point would have come only when aggression within the brother-band became inhibited . |
| 3 | To attribute these characteristics to English is not , then , ‘ neutral ’ , even if it may have derived from a genuinely detached ‘ academic ’ inquiry . |
| 4 | How many times God must be saying to us what he said in anticipating Israel 's doubts after the exile : ‘ Even if it may seem impossible to the survivors of this nation on that day , will it also seem impossible to me ? ’ |
| 5 | In carrying out the balancing exercise I , for my part , come down in favour of the freedom of speech even though it may go beyond generally acceptable limits , since there is adequate alternative protection available to a council . |
| 6 | And y am I right , am I right in saying that you 'd say that e even though it may exist in itself , that it may even be , in fact be less in the flats than it is in the , in the wi in that in the wider area ? |
| 7 | The first structures to be considered must be the defences themselves , especially those which protected only an essential core , even though it may extend beyond the government installations . |
| 8 | This means that science can have two histories , which constantly intertwine but never resolve , with one evaluated as positive , the other as negative and therefore silently suppressed even though it may remain determining . |
| 9 | We will assume that the evaluation of every occam expression yields a value ( even though it may contain division by zero or an uninitialised identifier ) . |
| 10 | I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end . |
| 11 | Even though it may do nothing to alter the circumstances , many people feel much calmer and more able to cope with the situation after ‘ a good cry ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ But it needs to be done , even though it may give offence to the French . ’ |
| 13 | It is important to remember that illness does not strike ‘ out of the blue ’ even though it may seem that way at times . |
| 14 | Thus in Europe , the mystical Kabbalism of Isaac Luria ( d. 1572 ) had a deep and enduring influence on the thought and spirituality of Jews which has persisted to the present day , even though it may seem far in spirit from the Talmud . |
| 15 | Governments have an ambivalent attitude towards defectors because although they recognise their information is of value , even though it may prove highly embarrassing , they dislike having to deal with traitors . |
| 16 | ‘ Peter Brooke should also , ’ he writes , ‘ persuade the Chairman and Chief Executive ( of Channel 4 ) that , even though it may cause them some embarrassment , it is in their interests that they commit themselves fully to telling the public the truth and to assisting the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions . ’ |
| 17 | I am not convinced that overt sexual behaviour is essential for the development of indifference , even though it may help . |
| 18 | Even though it may look a little rough on the screen , when it prints out it will all be reproduced correctly through the magic of PostScript . |
| 19 | ‘ All the evidence points to the fact that if people get the right advice at the right time , creditors are more likely to get what is owed to them , even though it may take longer than it would originally have done . |
| 20 | Although the question may seem clumsier for it , it is absolutely necessary to give a genuine choice , and even though it may sound stilted to ask , ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of … ’ , at least this presents a fair choice . |
| 21 | ‘ I expect it is , but it 's the truth , and you 're the last person to condemn me for telling the truth , even though it may offend you to hear it . ’ |
| 22 | Not every agreement is such , even though it may constitute a moral obligation . |
| 23 | The problem , simply stated , is that for any rational expectations model one can always specify a non-rational expectations model which has exactly the same implications for a given set of data , even though it may have other implications which are quite different . |
| 24 | Accordingly the law insists that a former employee can not be prevented from turning to his own account his professional skill and knowledge even though it may have been acquired whilst in employment and at the employer 's expense . |
| 25 | As the organisation grows there will be a partial delegation of these functions to branches , but because the business is still run as a single unit ( even though it may produce a wide variety of products at many separate locations ) responsibility for operational matters , as well as long-term strategy , remains with top management . |