Example sentences of "yet [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 2 | Yet despite being the most powerful man in the world , in command of some of the most deadly and sophisticated weaponry ever designed , there seemed to be nothing he could do . |
| 3 | Yet in being forced to come to the Commons to tidy up the mess — though splattering egg on the faces of the Foreign Office lawyers and his colleague Tristan Garel-Jones in the process — Hurd confirmed what a few MPs have known for months . |
| 4 | The death of one 16-year-old under interrogation at a police station in January 1990 has yet to be properly investigated . |
| 5 | Leonard could be depressive along with many other poets ( the psycho-endocrinological critique of poetry has yet to be written ! ) ; he could also be uplifting and assertive ; he could , indeed , write ‘ about something ’ to use Faulkner 's phrase from The Bear , and did so to the advantage of large numbers of people who gladly read , and asked for more . |
| 6 | Such influenced companies may be subject to controls on borrowing , party political activity , conditions in contracts and other matters yet to be decided . |
| 7 | Massine 's The Three-Cornered Hat is possibly still the most important national ballet of Spain yet to be produced . |
| 8 | Not much of a claim , more than a year after he started trying to turn the tide ; and one yet to be proven , anyway . |
| 9 | In three innings against England this summer , he has yet to be out . |
| 10 | He might , for those reasons , be an attractive compromise candidate for the job of post-1997 chief executive ; but his abilities as a manager have yet to be underpinned by the more visceral instincts of a committed politician . |
| 11 | The West German electorate lacks confidence in Chancellor Kohl and his team , but has yet to be convinced that the SPD , with whatever future coalition partner it chooses , will do much better . |
| 12 | Cacoethes , whose partner has yet to be confirmed , and Carroll House , for whom the going is likely to be a little on the fast side , are also certain runners , but Luca Cumani will not decide until today whether Legal Case will take his chance . |
| 13 | Many are still led by their founders whose skills are yet to be tested in a tougher economic climate . |
| 14 | The deal has yet to be approved by the regulatory authorities . |
| 15 | Some important planks of the policy have yet to be clarified , however . |
| 16 | Contrary to Dr Francis Fukuyama 's analysis , published in The Independent on September 20 and 21 , ideological conflict is not the sole motor of history , and even if it were , this rich seam of dispute has yet to be fully exhausted . |
| 17 | Alternatively there are several chemical additives on the market which aim to provide a substitute for lead , although the case for these products has yet to be proved . |
| 18 | But I have yet to be convinced ( as some publicity suggests ) that the centre of the dance universe is now located in France . |
| 19 | Top of the list would be Television South-West , the West Country contractor , although Mr Romaine said that discussions had yet to be opened . |
| 20 | The extraordinary episode of Bryan Robson and his quick-healing fracture has yet to be fully explained . |
| 21 | The general 's effective rejection of the peace charter , which has yet to be formally presented by the 31 Christian and 31 Muslim deputies gathered in Taif for the past two weeks , risks plunging Lebanon into a new cycle of the violence from which it temporarily escaped when the Arab League brokered a ceasefire on 23 September . |
| 22 | But as a whole it has yet to be cracked . |
| 23 | None the less the general point which underlies Marx 's concept of production for use , as opposed to production for exchange , seems , in spite of the objections just considered , a fundamental advance which has yet to be fully appreciated . |
| 24 | He also confirmed that the decision had already been taken to produce the ‘ Impact ’ electric car ( above ) , first revealed at this year 's Geneva motor show , although a firm launch date has yet to be decided . |
| 25 | The technological details of the 1991 Ligier-Lamborghini V12-powered chassis have yet to be decided . |
| 26 | Probably the harshest decision was the need for a new chief executive ( yet to be named ) to replace Andros Stakis — a move he made unhesitatingly , but ‘ with much regret and much personal vexation ’ . |
| 27 | Planning consent for a Center Parc at Longleat , Wiltshire , has yet to be gained , contrary to a report in Caterer ( 11–17 July ) . |
| 28 | That has yet to be tested in public , but the evening certainly did not put her off — — she has been an ardent fan of the Welsh National Opera ever since . |
| 29 | The main events arena , yet to be named , is the source of one anxiety in the building programme , which is handled by Sheffield Council . |
| 30 | The team , yet to be named in full , will play their opening home game against Rome on April 16 . |