Example sentences of "even [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That contemporary homophobia , even or especially in its crudest forms , is not a residual superstition , can be seen in that initiating attack on Peter Tatchell . |
| 2 | The recent past informs the post/modern , even or especially as the latter is changing our understanding of that past . |
| 3 | We know that all numbers are either even or odd , and that a whole is equal to the sum of its parts . |
| 4 | Our knowledge that all wholes are equal to the sum of their parts , or that any number is either even or odd , presupposes , or is expressed in terms of , the ideas of ‘ whole ’ , ‘ part ’ , ‘ number ’ , ‘ evenness ’ , and ‘ oddness ’ . |
| 5 | Once we have them , our reason considers them and we come to see that wholes are equal to the sum of their parts , or that all numbers are even or odd . |
| 6 | He objected ( and Locke would have agreed ) , that since truths such as that any number is even or odd are quite obvious and self-evident , it would be pointless for God to have imprinted them on our minds . |
| 7 | We have seen that Locke agrees that some things which we know , such as that all numbers are even or odd , could not be learnt directly from experience , and that he explains that he never meant otherwise , for what experience gives us is not knowledge itself , but its materials in the form of ideas . |
| 8 | Any number is even or odd by virtue of there being a connection between the idea of ‘ number ’ and those of ‘ evenness ’ or ‘ oddness ’ . |
| 9 | In Third World countries , even or especially those only slightly affected by western economies , almost all active men and their wives and children are engaged in trade ; if we imagine the corn and wool from local sources , the oil and wine from further off , the spices from the Far East and the slaves from heaven-knows-where who filled the fairs and markets of Europe in increasing quantities in the eleventh and twelfth centuries — above all , if we contemplate the great stone buildings and recall the quarries whence came the stone — we can see that there is an immense effort here largely hidden from our eyes . |
| 10 | S even or eight serious and strong competitors came forward , and the group headed by former broadcaster and Labour MP , Lord Boston , was successful . |
| 11 | Pericles , no less than Kleon , was proof that knowledge , even or especially routine knowledge , is power , and it is that which makes Pericles the greatest demagogue of them all . |
| 12 | Even or round numbers . |
| 13 | Something seven , sixty seven perhaps even or seventy something , anyway whatever it 's got money has n't it ? |
| 14 | mm , holiday even or just money to spend |
| 15 | You still looked nine thirty and then could you make even or did you have to wait around ? |
| 16 | Below a certain height it may be a hopeless situation , but even where there is enough height for a recovery , you can imagine how hard it is to make that movement forward unless you have practised stalls and incipient spins until the movements are well drilled . |
| 17 | I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated . |
| 18 | Working Paper 2 states : ‘ … even where a service is regarded as one which must be provided locally , it does not follow that every patient must have that treatment locally , it does not follow that every patient must have that treatment locally , if the patient and the GP or DHA as purchaser believe it to be better for them to be treated elsewhere ’ . |
| 19 | Even where relatives or friends purchase a policy on behalf of an elderly person , the insurance companies reserve the right , for instance , to re-negotiate a policy held through a company when the person reaches retirement age . |
| 20 | The style must disclose and be expressive of the moods , emotions and actions of the roles played even where few personal feelings are allowed to show , as in such ballets as Ashton 's Monotones where all that is needed is a calm , unhurried and seemingly endless weaving of the dance design in all its dimensions . |
| 21 | The question and practice of the admission of women to the ministerial priesthood in some provinces of the Anglican communion prevents reconciliation even where there is otherwise progress towards agreement in faith of the meaning of the eucharist and the ordained ministry . ’ |
| 22 | Even where price increases have taken place , retailers with good stocks may be able to cushion the blow for a while . |
| 23 | Even where they are allowed , strikes will still not be easy . |
| 24 | To quote : It is the distinguishing characteristic of a healthy higher education that , even where it is concerned with practical techniques , it imparts them on a plane of generality that makes possible their application to many problems . |
| 25 | The ratings are only approximate and even where manufacturers quote a temperature as ‘ good down to … ’ these refer only to valley performances so camping at higher levels will require a warmer bag . |
| 26 | Indeed , even where homophobia is directly connected with a disturbing repression and/or neurosis , the actual psychic dislocation involved may be very effectively offset by the political and cultural gains of homophobic displacement . |
| 27 | In this sense we may talk of there being a shift to the right , even where this is not reflected in voting for the Conservative party . |
| 28 | Even where a bituminous felt layer was laid on top of the boarding , this form of construction is likely to compound problems of rainwater penetration once a gap appears in the roof covering because the water which enters , instead of draining out of the construction at the eaves , settles on the upper edges of the local slate-fixing battens , inducing rot both in them and the boarding . |
| 29 | This applies even where ( as was usual ) the stable incorporated a loft for the storage of hay so that this fodder could be pitched readily into the racks in the stalls below , because the loft exploited the roof space and was rarely built as a full-height upper storey . |
| 30 | ‘ We have both learnt our dialectic in the academic arena where knocks that would frighten the London literary coteries are given and taken in good part ; and even where you think me sometimes too pert you will not suspect me of malice . |