Example sentences of "even if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , of course the opposite happens in a group , I mean what happens in groups you know therapeutic groups tend to be like this one , they sit in circles and they , they kind of focus on very often on the leader who often plays a very , very powerful role even if they claim not to . |
| 2 | Readers usually know something about authors whose books they have read , and even if they don " t know anything , it is natural to imagine an author figure , which amounts to the same thing . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 4 | Most British firms even if they recognize the problem , do n't do anything about it . |
| 5 | The curriculum is designed by teachers who unconsciously reflect the view that city life is best , even if they come from the rural areas . |
| 6 | The history of penal reform has been marked by resistance to novelty ; people need time to get used to ideas , even if they come to oppose them . |
| 7 | For , even if they knew in general that it was unlikely to be the case , they could not afford to take chances . |
| 8 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 9 | To some extent the technology people are to blame for being too optimistic but they realised that if they spelled out the true uncertainty ( even if they knew it ) there would have been no investment at all , In the end the project is abandoned or has become so expensive that it can never be profitable . |
| 10 | If this were the case then a junction would only be more likely to be recalled if the subject had actually felt at risk even if they knew it to be a generally dangerous junction . |
| 11 | Premier League chief executive Rick Parry said last night : ‘ Clubs who might be involved in the relegation battle now have the incentive of earning extra cash by moving up a place , even if they go down . |
| 12 | In a team where mutual respect exists , the leader will be trusted to make the best decisions , even if they go against your views . |
| 13 | 2–0 will be about it , I do n't think City will come out much even if they go a goal down . |
| 14 | But even , you know , e , even if they go for a walk into to Tenby , it 's company ! |
| 15 | Even if they followed an older , slightly more direct road , it still amounted to a total of about thirty-three miles . |
| 16 | Most such classifications should be treated with some caution , however , even if they help to identify the groups seeking accommodation within the rural housing market . |
| 17 | The defence relied heavily on the legal precedent of Goodchild in the House of Lords in 1978 , where Lord Diplock ruled that it was not illegal to possess naturally occurring substances even if they contained a controlled drug . |
| 18 | So that if even if they reach through they 're going to have to break the lock just to get in . |
| 19 | The tax-raising powers of such an assembly , which are referred to coyly by Opposition Members as being only marginal , would , even if they raised only 2p in the pound , cost a single man on average wages £4.72 per week . |
| 20 | At a larger distance , none the less , a pattern of partial unity of purpose grows faintly visible , and the old romancers and young realists of post-war Britain by now look one in what they denied and defied , even if they remain opposed in style and in the positives of dogmatic faith . |
| 21 | Even if they remain in employment , the combined costs of mortgage payments and maintenance may be difficult to meet . |
| 22 | And remember , Roger , the thread had been removed , the fuse destroys itself , and people coming in and out of the room , once the bed was on fire , would scarcely think it suspicious even if they saw the odd burn mark on the floor . |
| 23 | We should recall here how alive the Chicago School was to this link , even if they saw people 's careers and mobility as largely products of their own actions rather than also the products of companies and other institutions . |
| 24 | ‘ We are allowed to give drugs to relieve pain , even if they shorten life . |
| 25 | After reading a letter about youths and unemployment , the gist of which was their unwillingness to work , I was incensed by the statement , ‘ Even if they applied for a job in the catering industry , it would be something ’ . |
| 26 | And , by reforming the health insurance market , my plan assures that Americans will have access to basic health insurance even if they change jobs or develop serious health problems . |
| 27 | Even if they keep within budget , nuclear plants are at least twice as expensive to build as coal stations . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Even if they had political or ideological grounds for doing so , the heat and publicity of the contest , the expectations of fellow-tribesmen and of the opposing side , and the subsequent social sanctions , would indeed have made it difficult to cross from one end of the pitch to the other in the middle of the ballot . |
| 30 | 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 . |