Example sentences of "even [adj -er] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If operating the market entails transaction costs , it is even clearer that establishing it entails implementation costs , although the difficulty of identifying and quantifying them means that estimates vary widely . |
| 2 | Guido was standing over her now in that dominating way he had , making her sit up even straighter and stretch her neck even more . |
| 3 | Thus the proportion of patients with unexplained symptoms is in fact even larger than recognised so far which indirectly supports an enteropathogenic role of HIV itself . |
| 4 | Seen close up , he was even larger than remembered . |
| 5 | Tales from Lavender Shoes ( TS405 — two cassettes ; 1 hour 50 minutes ) read by Jill Shilling is from the pen of Alison Uttley , a favourite writer for several generations of children , who enjoy her stories from the age of five or even younger and go on enjoying her for years . |
| 6 | What is even better than placing advertising is to be regarded by the local media as an expert and called upon to contribute editorial , either to the newspapers or to radio programmes . |
| 7 | It was even better than going by barge . |
| 8 | The bad driver goes even faster but shows no acceleration sense and skids repeatedly . |
| 9 | Adele saw Isabel 's pale face turn even whiter and broke off , patting her hand consolingly . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that was the worst moment of my life , even worse than realising that poor Héloise had gone after you — and how near the edge she really was . ’ |
| 11 | Even worse than Trespassing on the Railway Line . |
| 12 | In other responses , Lord Melchett , executive director of Greenpeace , said that the White Paper was even worse than had been expected from leaks and that the government had " dodged the important issues by reiterating existing inadequate policies and avoided making any new commitments which would protect the environment " . |
| 13 | NEC Corp warns that it expects to plunge to a consolidated loss of $364m for the fiscal year to the end of this month , as slumps in the domestic chip and computer markets turn out even worse than feared . |
| 14 | Worst match I 've ever seen ? losing away to Frickley Athletic in a pre-season friendly aa few years back — even worse than losing at home to Chester in the league/milk/littlewoods/whatever cup |
| 15 | So I think he 'd better roll his sleeves even higher and start repairing the damage , plenty of it caused by his own hastiness . |
| 16 | The threshold , which in this illustration is assessed at above £100,000 a year , exempts 97 per cent of the population from the new tax ; of course , the threshold would be even higher if assessed according to 1988 data . |
| 17 | This is even stronger than saying that the dynamics of the system determine the behaviour of the units , as causes determine their effects , because ‘ functional ’ presumably implies something about the purpose of the states ' behaviour in achieving equilibrium , thus going beyond mere causal determination . |
| 18 | We turn in , with the wind picking up even stronger and threatening to blow the lavvu away . |
| 19 | For young women the disease sanctions were even stronger and tended to be linked with childbearing threats , with the possibility opened up of cancer , insanity and TB , or at the least frigidity or nymphomania . |
| 20 | These become even stronger when combined and set against clothing from an opposing standpoint . |
| 21 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 22 | ‘ The difficulties of integrating civil and military technology are even greater than envisaged ’ , said last week , ‘ but we will persevere ’ . |
| 23 | Even the oil lamps , candles , or spills of the miners would have only accentuated the shadows , making crevices even darker and threatening , and eerily distorting every shape . |