Example sentences of "yet [adj] did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There could be no other reason , and yet that did not accord with the placidity of his face and his voice , nor did it match with the image Harry was beginning to form of him . |
| 2 | Yet this did not mean that the natives were aware that Russia had ‘ owned ’ the region from ancient times , or that they would be prepared to agree to this state of affairs . |
| 3 | Yet this did not stop women artists coming to Surrealism in large numbers throughout the 1930s . |
| 4 | Yet this did not prevent a considerable proportion of headships of French missions going to outsiders — senators , prefects , colonial governors , soldiers ( again notably in the case of appointments to St Petersburg ) and even journalists . |
| 5 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 6 | Edward II was such a king and yet this did not happen . |
| 7 | Influence can also be exerted where the partnership is with a housing association , yet this did not seem to be happening . |
| 8 | Yet these did not achieve any great scale , perhaps because of suspicions of their implications for state involvement in the economy . |