Example sentences of "yet [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Newsreels ’ copied the magazine style of the old cinema newsreels ; they were not yet bulletins of latest news . |
| 2 | Pétain was extremely industrious , yet advancement went slowly for him ; unusually so even by peacetime standards ; five years a sous-lieutenant , seven years a lieutenant , and ten a captain . |
| 3 | Yet Minton 's sociability was only one side of the coin : when it landed the other way up his loneliness was all too apparent . |
| 4 | Yet Russians with bank accounts abroad will probably be among the most reluctant to believe that theory can be turned into practice . |
| 5 | Yet signs are not wanting that the mental effort of doing so is one which will become more and more difficult as the memory of the distinct courts of Law and Equity dies out ; and perhaps already the unified jurisdiction of the High Court , and the statutes which have codified certain branches of Common Law and Equity , have produced some results which could hardly have been given by any combination of proceedings in the separate courts , or by the development of the law solely by means of cases decided in them . |
| 6 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 7 | Yet Appendix II ( section 3 ) shows that many people feel that bank loans would be cheaper for them than HP or finance company loans , and better with the manager ‘ a real person ’ they could go to if there was some difficulty over repayments . |
| 8 | Yet drug companies , with some cynicism , are still selling so called tonics containing strychnine . |
| 9 | Yet Ash-Wednesday maintains a connection with the fertility symbols of the savage world . |
| 10 | Yet Nizan was quite explicit in his attempts to counter the arguments of " those who accuse communism of crushing men and of withdrawing freedom " . |
| 11 | Yet Nizan is insistent that ideology and aesthetics are not necessarily mutually exclusive provided that the problem of their unification is viewed dialectically : that is to say , provided that literature is not perceived as a static object but the site of a dialectical process involving writer and reader in a moral and political adventure . |
| 12 | Many midwives feel the current emphasis in antenatal care should be of a social nature rather than a medical one , yet Taylor ( 1985 ) , in a study of consumers ' perceptions of maternity care , showed that clients ' emotional needs are often ignored . |
| 13 | Yet William Hill , in the betting on the King George VI at Kempton on Boxing Day , only offer 3-1 against Barnbrook Again beating Desert Orchid , who stands at 15-8 on at level weights . |
| 14 | Yet William was made well-aware that the crisis in England which had led to his invitation had been brought about mainly by the opposition of the Anglican interest , something he implicitly recognised in his invasion propaganda . |
| 15 | Yet Truman for one commented on the utility of the common language . |
| 16 | Yet sentence linguists would regard these features as unimportant : their objective being to analyse the rules of the English language , not the actual meanings which A and B are trying to convey in this particular situation , nor their departures from the standard form of the language . |
| 17 | Are we gon na see that lady yet mum ? |
| 18 | Is on yet mum ? |
| 19 | Have you sent my letter off yet mum ? |
| 20 | They get practically no help at all and yet mum still manages to sort of save a bit |
| 21 | Yet times are changing . |
| 22 | Yet minutes later he joined in the traditional chorus sweeping the allied line , the eastern response to the French ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ and far , far older . |
| 23 | And yet Victoria has accused me of exactly the same sin as I am so lightly attributing elsewhere ( incidentally , to people who are more fiction than fact ) . |
| 24 | No not yet Victoria when Mrs says put on your name |
| 25 | Yet musicians have on occasion been deceived by editions that give an outward impression of scholarliness . |
| 26 | But one thing she is certain of is her aim to attract new audiences to the gallery , notably from those who are not yet photography lovers . |
| 27 | Yet photography is a much more immediate and less expensive way of having one 's likeness preserved for posterity : why is it fashionable to spend hours sitting motionless for Emma Sergeant when Snowdon could snap you in a mere 40 minutes ? |
| 28 | Yet forthrightness is far from most Asian leaders ' minds . |
| 29 | It 's one of the choicest and largest , yet Holyfield — tapering from shoulders to waist like some gigantic gymnast — seems to fill it . |
| 30 | Yet skin is a functioning organ affected by environmental changes , and what we put on it in summer often hinders rather than helps . |