Example sentences of "yet [adv] at [art] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Such people colleagues are usually the first to voice their concerns , first to criticize union officials , yet secretly at the end of each week , their pay packet shows no deductions for trade union fees .
2 The place is Club Zorna at Selena Laguna , set beside a beautiful lagoon of clear water surrounded by trees , and yet right at the heart of a lively holiday complex with nightclubs , bars , restaurants and a sports park .
3 Esther was small , neat , brown of skin , smooth , tidy , even ( almost ) elegant , yet somehow at the same time pugnacious of aspect , subversive , aggressive , commanding , Napoleonic of manner .
4 Yet even at the height of this bitter struggle the foreign ministry made a considerable effort to foster Catholic missions in the Near East as vehicles of French influence there .
5 She stopped , aware that she was stammering like an idiot , and yet quite at a loss .
6 When Ruth called yet again at the post office a letter was waiting for her .
7 Now when the wind blows from the south east and I see willow warblers in the garden , or redwings and fieldfares in the Shetland hills , I can visualise the forests and marshes of Scandinavia where these birds have their summer home , and marvel yet again at the skills and abilities with which nature has endowed the birds which must migrate to survive .
8 Will the Minister look yet again at the proposed closures , especially RAF Brawdy ?
9 ‘ I should have said no , ’ she muttered , looking yet again at the tiny pile of things she had accumulated .
  Next page