Example sentences of "even [conj] it [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Only even if it just does er , just till summer you know .
2 Even if it eventually transpires that the Lorenz equations do not satisfy the conditions necessary to justify the rigorous analysis ( but see { 33 } ) , it is none the less true that a great many ( infinitely many ) homoclinic orbits do occur in the system though perhaps not distributed densely through all r-intervals .
3 And patting the horse , even if it completely ignores us , releases our tension .
4 This suggests that the notocord still has some function in development , even if it no longer plays a role in swimming .
5 But this is hardly a convincing argument when produced by an organisation that collects some £130 million , even if it also proposes to give those of its members whose works are performed outside ‘ significant venues ’ a flat fee of £75 a year .
6 ‘ Third World ’ will , therefore , be used in this book without ( further ) apology , or scare quotes , as a positive term of radical critique even if it also necessarily signals its negative sense of economic dependency and exploitation .
7 Even if it really is a burden to him ? ’
8 It may be that one strand of his personality has not yet matured , and even if it never does , that does not mean that he does not love you .
9 If the customer posts his notice of cancellation , it will be effective to cancel the agreement provided it is posted within the cooling-off period , i.e. even if it does not reach the trader until later or even if it never reaches him .
10 Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days .
11 But the Red Army was larger than Western forces in Europe , war could break out ‘ by accident ’ ( through the failure to manage a diplomatic crisis properly ) and a US guarantee — even if it only existed on paper — could provide a major psychological boost to West European morale .
12 • Decide on the space that is wholly yours , even if it only a table somewhere .
13 The key determination is whether ‘ originality ’ exists in the selection or arrangement of the database.The current position under UK law would seem to be that a database is protected under copyright law even if it only attains the ‘ sweat of the brow ’ criteria .
14 Contrary to the suggestion in para 18/8/10 of the 1993 White Book , it has been held that a claim for interest under s35A is sufficiently pleaded even if it only appears in the prayer and not also in the body of the pleading ( McDonald 's Hamburgers Ltd v Burgerking ( UK ) Ltd [ 1987 ] FSR 112 ) .
15 She needed a reminder of this trip even if it only served as a warning .
16 Moreover we can discuss the meaning of what is being said even if it so happens that there are no trees in the park , or if all the trees happened to be the same age and none of them was an oak .
17 Even the most serious management report can usually gain from the occasional injection of levity , even if it merely serves to relieve tension .
18 We had notice of Sarah 's barrenness even before it properly got under way ( 11.30 ) .
19 Even as it formally commissioned its $100 million Tencel fibers plant …
20 Does it remain committed to the A W B even when it demonstrably fails to deliver the goods ?
21 AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts .
22 The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting .
23 Because the taxi should not have been there , the car-driver expected it to move — even though it plainly could not .
24 Since then , the forces of continental drift have continued to pull the two continents apart , widening the Atlantic , but the habit of returning to the sea each year to spawn has never been broken even though it now involves such an immense journey .
25 meditation is extremely helpful ; 2. meditation is extremely helpful for many people , even though it is not for me ; 3. meditation can be helpful , even though it often is not ; 4. meditation is unlikely to be helpful , even though there are exceptions ; 5 .
26 Olive oil is a monosaturate , and as such was once discriminated against by weight-watchers and nutrition gurus , even though it too contained only 120 calories per tablespoon .
27 If , as happened more frequently , she did not , she let her view be known , even though it almost always led to a quarrel .
28 Its knowledge of its home range , however , is not restricted to these tracks , even though it seldom leaves them .
29 Indeed , by the middle of that year critics were saying that the cuts imposed at the time of the IMF crisis may have been too harsh , and that fixed investment in manufacturing capacity needed to be stepped up , even though it actually rose by 8 per cent in 1978 .
30 Even though it always gives me pleasure to speak with you , I do have a purpose in phoning . ’
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