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

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1 The success of Let Us Compare Mythologies confirmed Leonard in his decision to be a poet-writer , even if it did not relieve Masha of her concern for his future well being .
2 Even if it did , personal generosity simply can not cure basic social injustices .
3 In a minority situation , some form of power-sharing — even if it did not necessarily involve coalition — was inevitable .
4 Even if it did n't lead to the elimination of all the older , ‘ flawed ’ models , a narrow range of ‘ new ’ species might well reduce the older ones to huddled groups in farming heritage parks .
5 Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her .
6 That the two City teams were housed together reinforced , even if it did not fully explain , the notable enthusiasm for a purist model of the developmental ideal within these teams .
7 Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November .
8 The Employment Appeal Tribunal was not satisfied that this amounted to a binding agreement , but held that even if it did , it would have been rendered void because it would have been an agreement purporting to preclude the employee from presenting a complaint to a tribunal .
9 Even if it did lead to danger , as the signpost clearly said , she was determined to follow it , even though she was scared .
10 In this he was mistaken , since state control over industry was considerably reduced once the war was over , even if it did not wholly return to pre-war conditions .
11 Definitely not my type , I decided , even if it did mean getting even with Dennis .
12 While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense .
13 It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career .
14 Playing the Tory game does not work in securing power , and would n't do us any good in the long term even if it did .
15 Even if it did , how can players keep those fitness levels up ?
16 If the auditors ' report under s 248(3) were included in the accounts ( in a way which did not cause confusion ) , the company would be entitled to the exemptions , even if it did not take advantage of them .
17 I thought of all the extra equipment his money would buy for Masquerade , and that 's how I tried to justify my acceptance of the senator 's proposal , but in reality it was because Crowninshield had invited me to play Galahad and I never could resist the lure of the dragon 's breath even if it did mean charging into idiocy like a fool .
18 Hank was fun , even if it did look as if he would never make Grade 12 and never earn much .
19 He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit .
20 More than that , and far worse , he is aware that he could not have it for himself even if it did exist .
21 Sequoia Systems Inc is joining the rush to fit out Unix systems with all the aids and facilities that mainframe users take for granted , and reckons that it is one up on its competitors with software that continuously monitors all the functions of a computer system and immediately notifies operators of problems in operations or applications — even if it did have to go out-of-house to get it .
22 Furthermore , as Yevele had shown at Canterbury , the defensive value of the round tower was becoming better appreciated ; even if it did not always deflect a cannon shot aimed at it , such a tower could withstand an impact better than could a straight-facing surface .
23 Since women had for centuries been instructed to use the masculine possessive pronoun when referring to the whole human race , why should n't there be some belated corrective action , even if it did stick in a few ( masculine ) throats ?
24 Trilateralism was certainly an effective antidote to isolationism , even if it did not extinguish the assertiveness shown by the Lord Chancellor 's Department in securing a faster growth in the rate of expenditure on the courts and legal aid than did the Home Office on the police and prisons .
25 Whether or not this affected Cecil 's handling of English policy is hard to say : but even if it did not , it was surely by his own standards , improper .
26 But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’
27 Even if it did belong to her , it belongs to Mr Evans now , does n't it ? ’
28 Most PC software did n't have a Macintosh counterpart and even if it did users had to work the magic of the asynchronous communications link to get data back and forth .
29 Even if it did , Charlotte sensed her response would be determined by a fine judgement of how her own interests might best be protected .
30 She did not know if it would reach Beatrix , of course , nor whether she would respond even if it did . ’
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