Example sentences of "[conj] yet [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was , in Alexander Pope 's words , ‘ nor yet a fool to fame ’ . |
| 2 | It was not a peculiar psychological deviation , nor yet a hangover from the old order ( although it might be that as well ) . |
| 3 | And of course joy is not joyful behaviour , nor yet a feeling round the corners of the mouth and the eyes . |
| 4 | There has never been a day , nor yet an hour , when I have not ached for the loss of that which existed before Lucifer led his followers against the gods . |
| 5 | Women who work in community are particularly at risk , housing wardens and particularly home care assistants , who work in some of the worst inner city areas are very often called out at night to attend someone who has been taken ill and yet no thought is given to the potential danger they could be facing in carrying out their job or what , to or what preventive measures can be taken . |
| 6 | And yet no matter : why should we go in ? |
| 7 | I have been very lucky ; the right opportunities have come along and yet every time you take them you are looking forward immediately to the next challenge . |
| 8 | He had barely addressed more than a few brief and studiously polite words to her — and yet every fibre of her being was vibrantly aware of his magnetic , almost menacing presence . |
| 9 | And yet a novel does n't write itself , even if some of the very greatest ones appear to ; it is written by a man with ‘ aims and preferences ’ . |
| 10 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
| 11 | And yet a way had to be found . |
| 12 | He studied her a moment , remembering what her cousin , Yin Wu Tsai had said : that she had been born with a woman 's body and yet a man 's soul . |
| 13 | This gives rise to difficulties in serving an abatement or prohibition notice , as it is not possible to specify any works to abate the odour , and yet a notice which merely requires the recipient to take steps to abate the odour , is unlikely to achieve the desired effect . |
| 14 | It was ludicrous to be so young and yet a has-been . |
| 15 | On the other hand there was some investment in being able to assess performance such that it was possible to reward people for ‘ good ’ performance , and the group were not entirely able to sort this one out in that it was representing to them a dependent desire to be judged and be judged as good , and yet a refusal to accept the terms upon which judgement was being made in that they felt depersonalized by it ’ |
| 16 | Flora , always spoilt , is never lonely — until at the last she has the frightening experience of seeing herself as one pair of hostile eyes saw her : the eyes of a person so ill-conditioned as to sent her an anonymous letter , and yet a painter of distinction . |
| 17 | For the third , there was the pang in his body , physical , yet presumably more to do with the mind : a regret for the paltriness of his life ; grief about an existence that seemed in perpetual stalemate now because of a devouring sense of loss and betrayal , and yet a certainty of the possibility of something else . |
| 18 | And yet a stranger being sick I could clean up . |
| 19 | ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’ |
| 20 | So , his Bengal is also an invented framework , a device , and yet a device which , he hopes , will enable him to show more of the truth than simple realism could . |
| 21 | Pomposity has been avoided , and yet a monument has been erected . |
| 22 | With only six grades for such a large group of staff , it was not felt sensible , however , to use a system which apparently stated that a post scoring x points was clearly in one grade and yet a post scoring x 5 points was , equally clearly , in a different grade ( all possible scores were multiples of 5 and the range of possible scores was approximately 135 to 1500 ) . |
| 23 | yeah , to see if that car 's been sold , stolen or whatever and yet a solicitor come he said your solicitor will be able to pick up the phone , take you through the right channels , see if he 's sold that car , he has n't sold the car , who 's he sold it |
| 24 | And yet an Englishman 's relation to English culture and its traditions may be more tormented than Schniedau allows for , especially if the Englishman in question defines himself as , or aspires to be , an English artist . |
| 25 | And yet the Chancellor had the cheek to describe this as a measure to improve energy efficiency . ’ |
| 26 | John Stanley 's extemporizations on the organ of Temple Church in London were attended by Handel , and yet the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries has failed to gain him the reputation that he should enjoy today . |
| 27 | Hari felt guilt sear her , she should be more considerate of her mother and yet the work must be done or there would be no money . |
| 28 | The post-war rise in divorce has attracted much debate amongst policy makers , welfare practitioners and the public at large , and yet the work of the probation service in providing welfare reports and related services to the courts in such situations has remained largely unresearched in the face of the preoccupation with their work with offenders . |
| 29 | However , 80 per cent of the revenue generated is spent on civil service salaries , and yet the government by imprecation if not implication blames this peasantry for sheet and gully erosion . |
| 30 | Now that 's something that erm particularly that last point , that audit committees that are established in most efficient companies want to look at and I come back to the point that audit ought to be looked at as something that assists companies in efficiency as well as a mechanism for detecting fraud and yet the government does n't appear to be examining that . |