Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points out that such a provision bans any invasion of sovereign territory , air space and maritime zones , even where there might seem to be good grounds . |
| 2 | The provisions relating to Economic and Monetary Union take the form of amendments to the EEC Treaty and therefore form an integral part of Community law ( even if one might have doubts as to the likelihood of the factual events which would trigger the final stage ) ; on the other hand , in the context of the provisions relating to political Union , a distinction was made between those matters which constituted amendments to the existing Community treaties , and those which fell outside the scope of the Communities , notably the provisions on a Common foreign and Security policy and those on co-operation in the fields of Justice and Home Affairs . |
| 3 | But with personal contact through the old jobbing system on the floor of the Stock Exchange , experienced people could see Old Joe coming and knew what to expect — even if they might sometimes join in to make a little extra money . |
| 4 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 5 | He still could n't resist her , even if he might be too honourable to sleep with her . |
| 6 | As a young man I believe that the purpose of painting was to make something took real , and I have never abandoned the idea , even if you might think it an old fashioned concept . |
| 7 | Even if I might have wandered away from Piccadilly , I could n't have gone far , and anyway I did n't mind walking . |
| 8 | I 'd rather sit and do something like sewing even if it might be monotonous to someone else . |
| 9 | This is because we hope to establish an informality that we feel will be suitable here , even if it might be inappropriate in degree coursework , in a PhD thesis or in a research monograph . |
| 10 | At last it looked as though her fee was guaranteed — even if it might mean being constantly shadowed by Guido . |
| 11 | It would have been far better to have at least made the attempt — even if it might have ended in disaster — than be left with such intense regrets and nostalgia for what might have been . |
| 12 | Even if there might n't be much for him in these parts , be it without strife that little would have God 's blessing on it . |
| 13 | It stood between her and tears , as though they too were frozen even before they might reach the air . |
| 14 | Everyone knows that not even two metronomes can stay in synchrony , and certainly all human tempos , even when they might appear close to absolute , continually vary . |
| 15 | There are occasions when teachers would want detailed feedback for diagnostic purposes or to evaluate their teaching , but an assessment scheme which is tightly based on a large number of criteria would compel teachers to work to them even when it might not be appropriate to do so . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're there or thereabouts now and even though we might have lost by the odd goal , we 're still bubbling . |
| 17 | Even though they might be cult , they were very popular cult . |
| 18 | However , many Christians nowadays , even though they might admire and approve of Locke 's preparedness to make faith reasonable , would not be happy with the particular arguments he used to establish that reasonableness . |
| 19 | His strength was his obsessive single-mindedness , his refusal to be diverted by what at that moment were secondary issues ( even though they might be issues of far greater importance in the medium or long term ) . |
| 20 | Isolated individuals are less likely to flourish even though they might survive in the aquarium . |
| 21 | Minor award schools were categorised as those which had already achieved some success in terms of library/resource awareness within the school , and appropriate developments in library provision , even though they might still be underfunded for meeting those aspirations . |
| 22 | The same was true even for Gen von Pannwitz and some of his senior German officers in the 15 SS Cossack Cavalry Corps who , as we can see from the diaries of Count Erwein-Carl zu Eltz [ See KP 62 ] , regarded their fate as inextricably bound up with that of their men , even though they might , like zu Eltz , have found the opportunity to escape . |
| 23 | For it is clearly not enough to say that if two things are observed simultaneously in different spatial positions , then they are two , not one , even though they might be completely alike . |
| 24 | In 1860 the great international conference at Karlsruhe , the first chemical affair of its kind , voted that equivalents were more empirical than atomic weights ; but ordinary mortals found it much easier to think in terms of particles , and to call them ‘ atoms ’ , even though they might well be complex . |
| 25 | even though they might be part and parcel of the same organization , they are not the leaseholders so they ca n't make the arrangements , so if they want to make the arrangement they must have the lease assigned to them first , then we will come to terms with them over land and to under le under let . |
| 26 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 27 | She had seen no reason to abandon it when she came to Medewich two years ago , even though she might now have been able to afford a car . |
| 28 | Even though it might be argued that a regular life-style implies a regular degree of fatigue and so will require a regular amount of sleep , in practice , such a degree of regularity is not achieved . |
| 29 | That you still want to compete in a young man 's race , even though it might kill you ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The Sex Pistols ’ , he wrote , ‘ are very New York and it 's nice to see that the British have produced a band capable of producing the atmosphere created by the New York Dolls and their many imitators , even though it might be too late … ’ |