Example sentences of "[coord] yet the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Nor yet the immense Catacombs down at the base of the fortress-monastery , where heroes ancient and modern lay in ranks of caskets . |
2 | If a given investment project within the domain of operation of capitalist enterprises were considered desirable as part of an investment plan ( to satisfy a definite ‘ social need ’ , to gain export revenue , to develop a ‘ growth industry ’ , to preserve employment ) and yet the capitalist enterprises concerned were unwilling to invest then the investment planning authorities would have two broad options : either nationalise the enterprises and force them to invest on criteria other than those of profitability , or ‘ distort ’ the market to render the project sufficiently profitable to appeal to the enterprises . |
3 | The senior management in all the survey schools were concerned with the central problem described by one school as ‘ any distribution of monies to departments is fraught with difficulties — each department is aware of its own pressing needs and yet the overall sum available is insufficient to meet the needs of all ’ . |
4 | And yet the best of such monographs , despite the concentration upon a tiny range of human activity , will tell us more about the ordinary social behaviour of mankind than a whole shelfful of general textbooks labelled Introduction to Cultural Anthropology . |
5 | And yet the best form of relief for this boy whom grief had made a man would be in action . |
6 | More generally , prices could be sticky and yet the major implication of the flexible-price model developed in chapter 4 could still be true . |
7 | And yet the mundane circumference beyond which he stepped at such times was also necessary to him : it was the circle in which he could stand and be safe . |
8 | And yet the personal bitterness still rankled in the heart of the fire , and as it had kindled it , so might it sour it and put it out . |
9 | Because of the regular placement of the chairs around the fire , they were quite close together — and yet the small spaces between them quickly became boundaries . |
10 | I can say truly on two occasions " I 'm getting alarmed " and yet the mental events not be of the same type . |
11 | Probably , in terms of company drive , this product was the sacred cow of all sacred cows and yet the economic tide was flowing against us . |
12 | And yet the vast majority of these savers will probably be entitled to gross payments . |
13 | And yet the effective place of this life-soiled object is in the body of the book , nourishing the reality of the whole Marmeladov set-up , like the children 's washed day-clothes drying overnight . |
14 | And yet the effective auditor needs to understand management and to have a close working relationship with the managers . |
15 | ‘ The whole set up is there and yet the other parties want to carry on with their wasteful plans . ’ |
16 | And yet the only alternative was to sacrifice Kirsty . |
17 | You 've got that right and you 've got carriage wrong and yet the only difference is the first letter right ? |
18 | The sound was so brittle , and yet the low end was unbelievable — you just banged one chord and you got this huge belt in the stomach . |
19 | And yet the various integrationist movements , brash or hesitant , in the 1940s looked to Britain for leadership , and clung to the hope that Britain would be absorbed , not least because of concerns over security . |
20 | Thus almost £1.7 billion of the £2.8 billion spent on the Imperial takeover was recouped and yet the remaining assets yielded over half the Imperial profit ! |
21 | I was so eager to start training an owl , I felt I knew what I was taking on , and yet the right bird eluded me . |
22 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |
23 | Jane is unlikely to earn much sympathy by virtue of the attention given to the environment which produced her dabbling in eventfulness and her poor kiss , and yet the two environments have more in common than would once have been thought possible . |
24 | And yet the two were so different in so many other crucial respects that one can not but suspect something else to have been involved — something which the four issues listed above served to mask for posterity . |
25 | No amount of reallocation makes the total reduce and yet the first reaction to bad numbers is almost always a rush to blame someone else on one 's own side ! |
26 | And yet the Danish princess was no great catch for the heir to the English throne . |
27 | And yet the merest thought of her drove out all consideration of what he ought to do . |
28 | And yet the individual worker is forgotten in all of this . |
29 | Society today is so often accused of being too mercenary , and yet the current strength of the RNLI as an organisation dependent on volunteers and voluntary funding must surely temper such an outlook . ’ |
30 | And yet the bare infinitive has been chosen by the speaker . |