Example sentences of "not yet a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malcolm , out to prove that he is not yet a Test has-been , quickly worked up a rare pace and was quite a handful , coming in with the pavilion behind him . |
| 2 | Comprehensive reorganization in the 1950s was therefore in Oxfordshire a pragmatic and local , and not yet a political , issue . |
| 3 | If you are not yet a NatWest customer but would like a loan simply fill in the application form and call in at the branch of your choice where the staff will be pleased to discuss your needs . |
| 4 | Finally , although this is not yet a specific NRC rule , the commission is directing considerable attention to overall risk assessment carried out for specific plant and sites . |
| 5 | Why is this man not yet a knight , or even a peer ? |
| 6 | Traffic congestion is not yet a major worry around the area , but in very popular spots , such as the Lake District 90% of the visitors arrive by car . |
| 7 | ‘ Lewis can make a lot of money from it because he 's not yet a big enough name in the States . |
| 8 | The proposed government centre ( not yet a palace ) was not situated at the end of converging boulevards , but occupied an already partially derelict and vacant site . |
| 9 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 10 | This was not yet a mass movement , but the basis for a large-scale mobilization of anti-war opinion was at last being laid . |
| 11 | ERIC CANTONA , not yet a rebel with a cause celebre , cut a solitary figure at the back of the United team bus , nibbling poisson and pommes frites by himself as he digested his new club 's winning performances . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In so far as I understand this view , and it is not yet a matter of close textual criticism of a published account , I find it difficult to connect the commonsense properties of consciousness ( vague as they may be ) , with the notions of repair and debugging ( fundamental as those are to any account of intelligent mechanisms ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Loyalty was not yet a problem for Anna . |
| 16 | Not yet a month old and apparently there is concern in some quarters of the industry that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ( Sun Microsystems Inc to a lesser extent ) may kidnap the promised platform and twist it to their own advantage . |
| 17 | Not yet a month old and apparently there is concern in some quarters of the industry that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ( Sun Microsystems Inc to a lesser extent ) may kidnap the promised system and twist it to their own advantage . |
| 18 | Despite the president 's victory , the answer to this question is not yet a foregone conclusion . |
| 19 | It is not yet a big issue . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | His successor as king of England , Henry VI , was not yet a year old . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Unlike English , which is an established discipline , communications is still in the process of finding a language and an identity ; it is not yet a discipline in itself . |
| 27 | Not yet a terrible mess , but a vaguely irritating , vaguely disquieting , formless mess . |
| 28 | Pop culture acknowledges the sign of ‘ gayness ’ , but there is not yet a whisper of female sexual autonomy , of lesbianism . ’ |
| 29 | Certainly , you are not yet a man , although I 've no doubt that one day soon , you will make a fine young man . ’ |
| 30 | We 're not yet a police lab even if you do walk in and out of the place as if it 's your own kitchen . |