Example sentences of "yet it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Over-involved ’ is a derogatory label still used by professionals to describe anxious , supportive relatives , yet it takes extraordinary judgment and sensitivity to manage a close relative 's abnormal beliefs and behaviour in a way which neither colludes with pathological beliefs nor alienates the sufferer . |
| 2 | The outbreak of war with Spain soon removed even the façade of trade as its main purpose , yet it had royal support and between two and three thousand shareholders . |
| 3 | Yet it forms onlyan initial fragment . |
| 4 | Significantly , the camera does not require costly special cooling yet it achieves thermal resolutions comparable with current , cooled images . |
| 5 | The seasons can not be made more gentle , yet it remains possible to assert the dignity of people who have to bear their harshness . |
| 6 | Yet it remains important to take on board the intentions behind that approach : the global vision , the search for harmony , and the emphasis upon fairness to all religions , has never more been needed in the world than today . |
| 7 | Kirchberg is extremely well positioned for exploring the Tyrol , yet it remains unspoilt and reasonable priced . |
| 8 | Yet it remains true that Julian 's experience can be fruitfully compared to that of the prophets of Israel , for example , or to that of Muhammad , the prophet of Islam . |
| 9 | Yet it remains true that unless the typologies are elaborated beyond a mere classificatory and descriptive labelling of different situations — that is , by attempting to specify the conditions under which each type develops — they remain at only a very preliminary stage of theorising . |
| 10 | Yet it remains true that , with a few exceptions ( which include anything to do with ships ) , the Greeks are not good at working together in large groups . |
| 11 | Yet it remains true that only a tiny fraction of legal matters end up in court . |
| 12 | So still , so derelict , yet it looked capable of sudden movement . |
| 13 | She had known him less than a week , yet it seemed natural to turn to him . |
| 14 | Yet it costs individual households nothing more to put out an extra binfull , although the community as a whole will have to pay more ; conversely , they save nothing if they recycle or compost or simply buy more carefully . |
| 15 | Zambia , more astute than Tammuz gave hir credit for , knelt against the side of his chair : ‘ You reckon the cocktail will give you gut-ache , its taste is questionable , yet it looks beautiful , glowing there in the glass , smells divine , and the buzz it can give you is a temptation beyond endurance . |
| 16 | The relation seen as Figure 3.30 is in BCNF ( and therefore TNF ) and yet it contains considerable redundancy . |
| 17 | For the Tory dissidents , a leading opponent , William Cash , said : ‘ The European Central Bank arrangements under the treaty are for the whole of Europe , yet it comprises unelectable , unaccountable bankers making decisions on behalf of the people of this country and elsewhere . |
| 18 | And yet it seems reasonable to suppose that , since it remains the same object viewed by the observer , the retinal images do not change . |
| 19 | Yet it seems strange to me that given the possibility of professional marketing for such an encounter , rugby is missing an opportunity to make its case outwith its heartland . |
| 20 | Yet it seems inconceivable to be able to do so without investing every creature from worms and viruses , which follow very precise cycles of action , to the higher mammals , with the sagacity and foresight of seasoned desert nomads or intrepid Viking explorers . |
| 21 | Over a period of three hundred years , black people have achieved a growing presence in sport in Britain yet it seems pathetic that we have no account for it apart from reference to the mysterious attribute called natural ability . |
| 22 | ‘ You say you are not lost , yet it seems unusual for someone to come across this spot . ’ |
| 23 | Yet it seems clear that Eisenhower acted only when he was convinced that delay or vacillation might prove even more dangerous . |
| 24 | Yet it seems likely that resources would actually be better used in other prevention programmes . |
| 25 | Gnomic , succinct , its puns and allusions introduced all the themes she must develop , yet it remained abstract enough for her mind to keep firm purchase on her errant feelings . |
| 26 | It was n't performance-intensive enough for Silicon Grahpics Inc , but included stuff like multi-processor support that was completely unimportant in a mainstream Intel competitor , but yet it remained hard to design and debug . |
| 27 | Yet it remained weekly until after independence and was unable to compete on equal terms with the pro-Welensky , pro-Federation daily Northern News . |