Example sentences of "[not/n't] yet [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke noncommittally , and Lydia understood that there were things of which Beuno would not yet speak to her . |
| 2 | It was sufficient for the king 's purpose to avoid excommunication , but Anselm could not yet return to England because ‘ not being willing [ as Eadmer reports ] in any way to violate his obedience to the pope ’ he could have no dealings with the king 's excommunicated ministers . |
| 3 | Three days before the CAA hearing , the new Virgin Atlantic Airways was launched publicly at Maxims restaurant in London , with the requisite drum-banging to ensure the media paid full attention to Branson 's claim that there were ‘ 250,000 people who do not yet travel to New York , but would if the price was right ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I can rely upon the Merkuts , for they can not yet aspire to the throne . |
| 5 | Mr Dienstbier said the new Prime Minister , Mr Marian Calfa , did not yet appear to be a ‘ strong and flexible politician ’ , and indicated he would be acceptable in the post only on condition that President Gustav Husak step down , to be replaced by a non-Communist head of state . |
| 6 | Too little has been spent on maintaining the system in the past and the industry , faced with signs of accelerating failure rates , does not yet appear to be doing enough to contain the rate of decay . |
| 7 | They did not yet belong to our world and they certainly belonged to no other . |
| 8 | We do not yet know to what extent chimps use their potential in the wild . |
| 9 | Data for calculating the thermal history more objectively do not yet seem to be available ( but see Chadwick 1985a ) . |
| 10 | There were bed-baths and nurses — nurses who if they did n't yet seem to be bursting out of their brassieres , were certainly stretching their blouses to danger point . |