Example sentences of "yet [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of spears is possible yet arguably a hazardous occupation more suited to hunting as a sport . |
| 2 | Presumably , they learn chemistry , yet only a very few will be chemists when they grow up . |
| 3 | Yet only a few years later , the Royal Commission of 1954–1957 recommended radical changes with a new policy of community integration . |
| 4 | So relaxed now ; yet only a short while ago he had been in the depths of despair . |
| 5 | Yet only a very modest proportion of its original grandiose objectives had been achieved . |
| 6 | The message was delivered to Mr Adams on Sunday , yet only a few hours later he refused to join with the leaders of constitutional parties in condemning the bomb outrage . |
| 7 | Yet only a few days after the Wallabies had tucked the Cup safely away , as they thoroughly deserved to do , NZRFU officials were bustling about trying to find out what their players were up to . |
| 8 | Dunstaffnage House is set in an acre of pretty garden with wonderful views across the open land to the Cairngorms , yet only a few minutes drive from the centre of Grantown . |
| 9 | Yet only a handful of America 's banks — including two in Minneapolis , Norwest and First Bank — took advantage of FAS107 and included an optional commentary on intangible asset values in their 1992 accounts . |
| 10 | These strikes were successful in achieving their immediate aims and led to the formation of permanent unions of previously poorer workers , although as yet only a small proportion of them . |
| 11 | Set in pleasant surroundings overlooking parkland , yet only a short stroll from the centre of Coventry and the city 's tourist attractions and shopping . |
| 12 | £100,000 , an impressive sum yet only a small proportion of his total wealth , whose probate value of £2,800,000 represented the largest fortune left in Britain before 1870 . |
| 13 | Yet only a very few seem to have consciously resolved to make a different life . |
| 14 | Fruit and vegetables act as anti-oxidants which explains why those in the south of France have similar cholesterol levels to Scots yet only a quarter of the heart disease . |
| 15 | There is as yet only an embryonic realisation of the social and economic costs of the " efficient factory " in terms of structural unemployment , frantic energy consumption , loss of job satisfaction and the squandering of some of society 's most precious assets , which are the skill , ingenuity , creativity and enthusiasm of ordinary people . |
| 16 | His nearest shops are at the sleepy hilltop village of Saignon yet just a handful of people are aware the celebrity is a neighbour . |
| 17 | Everything is expertly played and yet just a shade anonymous : while oboe and horn excel in the second ‘ love episode ’ , there is little trace of old-world Viennese specificity . |
| 18 | Although the White Paper is as yet just a White Paper and not law , it seems that certain hospitals are being pushed towards ’ opting out ’ . |
| 19 | Her logical mind told her that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her physically , and yet scarcely a day passed when she did not feel unwell or suffer some unidentified pain . |
| 20 | Yet still an enigma . |
| 21 | At bottom this division is based on the fact that he is at one and the same time part of the natural order — along with the elements , plants and animals — yet also a spiritual and personal being who feels a destiny and calling to rule over the natural world . |
| 22 | Within the citadel there was constant bickering between abbot , Viscount and towns-people — grown so rich that they obeyed no one , remarked Geoffrey of Vigeois ruefully — and yet also a sense of being bound together in opposition to their neighbour , the bishop 's city . |
| 23 | The discrepancy between ‘ working class ’ identification , which showed a relatively continuous rise across the occupational categories and Labour partisanship , which displayed an abrupt rise from class IV to V is ascribed to the somewhat ‘ anomalous ’ position of the class IV ( lower non-manual ) individuals : in this category there was a majority of ‘ working class ’ identifiers , yet also a majority of Tory partisans . |
| 24 | Certainly , yet also a ruthlessly accomplished observer of men 's and women 's foibles . |
| 25 | In this respect again , diplomacy , if not yet clearly a distinct profession , was on the way to becoming one . |
| 26 | Yet now a combination of government cutbacks and free market management thinking has meant that the V&A and similar establishments are forced to compete as ‘ attractions ’ with the likes of Madame Tussauds , the London Dungeon and Thorpe Park . |
| 27 | Now here we move in to a bit of Plato always be aware of those who argue by analogy by general law life and limb must be protected yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life can you guess what 's coming next ? but a life is never wisely given to save a limb . |
| 28 | ( Yet surely a murderer would not stand in the middle of an enormous snow-covered , frost-bitten field in the dark on such a night , just on the off-chance that someone would be silly enough to cross it alone ! ) |
| 29 | Yet then a terrible , enigmatic conspiracy might succeed … |
| 30 | Yet sometimes an unusual occurrence does not spell disaster . |