Example sentences of "yet only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably , they learn chemistry , yet only a very few will be chemists when they grow up . |
| 2 | Yet only a few years later , the Royal Commission of 1954–1957 recommended radical changes with a new policy of community integration . |
| 3 | So relaxed now ; yet only a short while ago he had been in the depths of despair . |
| 4 | Yet only a very modest proportion of its original grandiose objectives had been achieved . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Set in pleasant surroundings overlooking parkland , yet only a short stroll from the centre of Coventry and the city 's tourist attractions and shopping . |
| 11 | £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 . |
| 12 | Yet only a very few seem to have consciously resolved to make a different life . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |