Emoticons can help us all overcome language barriers and communicate, even if just basically, with people we couldn't speak to.
Why would you miss the opportunity to make a story funnier even if you're basically telling a lie?
"Because even if we were basically supportive of the president's political agenda, we never stopped challenging him on policy issues: welfare reform, the crime bill.
Even if these maneuvers basically constitute a game of chicken on the high seas, the sight of large ships heaving through the waves, close enough to make out each other's rivets, is awfully good television.
There are plenty of good reasons for people to think the U.S. election system doesn't work, even if there are basically zero reasons to think it's "rigged" or that there's multistate election fraud.
He turned the story of his frustrations into HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987), a terrific, high-energy satire - even if it is basically just a series of skits - with exactly the mean-spirited tone it should have.
Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul are a grab bag of looks and styles and figures — a credible set of extras for a movie scene shot in an all-night diner — even if they are, basically, all white men of a certain age, three of whom advocate similar policies.
The price of products is not the same everywhere, even if markets are basically the same all over Italy.
It can change the way people feel about a person, even if they are basically strangers.
Even if it's basically envy and jealousy, it drives cash, votes, and people yelling.
