Example sentences of "[was/were] not yet a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not yet a mass movement , but the basis for a large-scale mobilization of anti-war opinion was at last being laid . |
| 2 | I could accept that I had been foolish , but that acceptance was not yet a sufficient antidote for the niggling little pain in my heart . |
| 3 | This self-propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo-boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . |
| 4 | Loyalty was not yet a problem for Anna . |
| 5 | But there was not yet a drug invented , or ever likely to be , that could cope with all the different and complex actions and judgements that make up a round of tournament golf . |
| 6 | Knighthood was not yet a status sought after by the middling and lesser nobility of the south-west , and the rise of new men as milites only seems to have begun in the mid thirteenth century . |
| 7 | Diana replied that she was not yet a member of his family and , what 's more , she had no other dress suitable for the occasion . |
| 8 | His successor as king of England , Henry VI , was not yet a year old . |
| 9 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 10 | A particularly vexing category was the " turnover " : the apprentice who had served most of his time but was not yet a journeyman , and who was snapped up by employers to do a man 's work at a boy 's pay . |
| 11 | In spite of the success of Fly-Buttons , George Birkitt was not yet a star — and quite possibly never would be : He lacked the necessary effortless dominance of character . |
| 12 | His name was not yet a household one , but , even so , Joshua was certainly astonished . |
| 13 | During the next few weeks , however , it became clear that the result of the election was not yet a foregone conclusion . |
| 14 | Researchers had the southern sky all to themselves and radioastronomy was not yet a ‘ big science ’ : one could still make an important discovery with simple equipment that one had built oneself . |
| 15 | This was not yet a universally accepted point of view . |
| 16 | There was not yet an established concept of intellectual property and to the count there seemed no harm in the deception ; it was simply an innocent amusement . |
| 17 | If , during the first decade of the seventeenth century , he was not yet an outspoken Copernican , he was nevertheless a virulent critic of Aristotle , soon arousing the hostility of Ludovico delle Colombe who , in seeking to protect the immutability of the heavens , had to endure Galileo 's exposure . |
| 18 | It was sometimes hard to keep in mind the fact that Kadan was not yet an adult . |
| 19 | What one can read between the lines was that Jackie was n't yet a champion , that he knew he was good enough to be one and that the pressures and opportunities to make money were too good to be passed up . |
| 20 | This was n't yet a case for the police , least of all for him . |
| 21 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |