Example sentences of "and yet [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , as composers grope towards a language that satisfies audiences and yet manages to be sufficiently modern , Shostakovich 's music sounds at the front once again . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's face it , every man has the dilemma of wanting to be with someone and yet wanting to be on his own . |
| 3 | It is likely that a considerable number of Romano-British by-roads came into existence in the same way for limited purposes and yet remain to be discovered on the map or on the ground . |
| 4 | People would talk about ‘ the strange and unaccountable fact ’ that he was perpetually hard up , and yet belonged to a well-connected family . |
| 5 | The 1918 constitution rebuilt the party machine , creating a centralised , national body out of a loose federation of affiliated organisations , so laying the foundation for an effective election machine , while its political commitment was enshrined in Labour and the new social order , a manifesto that was sufficiently ambiguous to attract people with quite different conceptions of the role of the party in heralding socialism , and yet seemed to many to offer a new beginning . |
| 6 | They are seeking new supports that are at one and the same time local and yet related to their universal goals . |
| 7 | These teachings clearly influenced the early books of The Prelude , and it is worth digressing at this point to see how Wordsworth amended and yet clung to the spirit of Rousseau 's ideals . |
| 8 | ‘ He has never set foot in Israel and yet claims to be an expert in Israeli affairs . |