Example sentences of "even if [pron] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a telling comment on Francoism 's concept of " normality " and , particularly , on its view of the intellectual and political capacity of women : men who were not the head of the household in which they lived and all unmarried women were disenfranchized , even if they had reached the age of majority . |
| 2 | Her sturdy common sense , the downright attitude to life which never ceased to surprise him , the constant loving references to a papa and a mama who sounded remarkably practical themselves , even if they had spoiled their beautiful daughter , informed him that she came from a background very unlike any that Dr Neil had ever encountered . |
| 3 | Many clearly accepted the propaganda version of events and , even if they had begun to have their doubts about Hitler , regarded the plot as a sacrilegious and treasonable act against the head of State , and an attempted sabotage of the war effort . |
| 4 | Improve your mood and counteract stress : Ask anyone who exercises regularly and they will tell you that they always feel exhilarated at the end of a session — even if they had begun by feeling that they were not in the mood for exercise and had almost forced themselves to continue . |
| 5 | One of the most striking social norms of all the hunting peoples was sharing of the spoils of the hunt among all members of the community , even if they had played no part in the hunt — a practice to which the Evenki term nimat is often applied . |
| 6 | Even if they had wanted to black the work in support of a NATO ally , they say they had no grounds once Britain began delivering the engines after the Falklands war . |
| 7 | Nobody , even if they had wanted to , dared say no . |
| 8 | The Elector Counts could not have done otherwise even if they had wanted ; the people demanded it , and were not to be denied . |
| 9 | They were constrained by s I mean like what they wanted to do was constrained by the practical sort of necessities of the time and even if they had wanted to have a more vigorous policy of land reform |
| 10 | So the delicate gilded furniture and the rococo mirrors had gone from his office ; and in their place were desks and chairs that renaissance princes might have sat on in perfect safety , even if they had weighed three hundredweight . |
| 11 | Using the most fundamental measure of poverty , the " breadline " , Professor Hay has estimated that over the years 1760 to 1802 in a normal year around 10 per cent of Staffordshire families would have been unable to buy sufficient bread over the year even if they had spent their whole earnings on it . |
| 12 | Dealers would try to get other dealers sacked from rival firms , even if they had worked with them once . |
| 13 | The proposal seems to be mainly aimed at situations in which a patient 's testamentary capacity is in doubt ; however , the generalisation of its interpretation with respect to medical emergencies may expose doctors to legal proceedings even if they had acted in good faith and in the patient 's best interests . |
| 14 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
| 15 | The books of Mary Somerville ( e.g. , On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences , 1834 ) proved valuable to men of science wanting to keep up with what was going on in other fields , and unable to understand it all even if they had had time to read it . |
| 16 | Jackals and martens could hardly have lifted the latch and , even if they had found their way in , there would have been signs of a scuffle : dead chickens , scattered feathers . |
| 17 | There was little point and no real justification in attempting to give chase , even if they had known the direction in which he had disappeared . |
| 18 | And he did not say that , even if they 'd wished to finish the play with his understudy , they could n't , because Alex Household had run out of the theatre immediately after the shooting . |
| 19 | Even if they 'd had a formal partnership , which they did n't , it would have made no difference . |
| 20 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 21 | I think people should stick with what suits them , even if they 've had the same thing for years . |
| 22 | Because er , inevitably man has got ta leave their home , even if they 've had a father erm who 's been a if they 've had no father at all , they 're gon na leave and they 're gon na face a world where they have to be a man and they 're gon na have to find their own male morals , and I think the , the responsibility , basically , has got ta come to men to change not for us to change them . |
| 23 | Those links enable EDI users to communicate with one another even if they 've opted to subscribe to different networks . |
| 24 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
| 25 | ‘ It does n't matter what people have got , whether it 's photographs , programmes , even if they 've got memories in their head they can write down . |
| 26 | Even if they 've got scampi shall I get fish |
| 27 | Other occupations have adopted the professional rhetoric and even if they have done so in order to enhance their status and monopoly or guild power , they have had to accept the concomitant constraints on self-interested behaviour . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner . |
| 29 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 30 | Erm however even if they have joined they are n't actually actively erm |