Example sentences of "yet [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the fall in Poland 's output since its reforms began has been at least as severe as in eastern Germany . |
| 2 | Yet the tone of her telephone call to Swans ' Meadow had implied she knew nothing of Samantha 's abduction — or of what her kidnappers had demanded in return for her release . |
| 3 | Li Yuan was barely eighteen , yet the tone , the small movement of the left hand that accompanied the final words , were uncannily familiar . |
| 4 | Yet the bed looked clean-sheeted and felt comfortable ; and there was a lavatory just along the corridor ( the lady had said ) , a bathroom one floor down , and a Residents ' TV Lounge beside Reception . |
| 5 | A romantic little episode , yet the intensity of what she 'd felt in those moments could have overwhelmed her completely if she had n't remembered Didi 's words . |
| 6 | Yet the chaos that occurred after the election , when Brown was put into the DEA with the grand title of First Secretary of State , showed to what paltry use Wilson had put his unique background ( unique , that is , since the death of his predecessor , Hugh Gaitskell ) as skilled Whitehall technocrat and top-flight politician and parliamentarian . |
| 7 | Yet the editor of the Sunday Times explained his paper 's coverage and position in a way which begs more questions than it answers . |
| 8 | Yet the Profitboss is not so naive as to believe that people do not occasionally betray trust , do not occasionally fiddle their expenses , do not occasionally get sloppy and hire unnecessary staff . |
| 9 | People were desperate for food , yet the Academy had done nothing to help . |
| 10 | Yet the trend towards bureaucratization has not been uniform . |
| 11 | Yet the differentiation , once again , was conducted by reference to theological as well as empirical principles . |
| 12 | Yet the hospitality shown by the ‘ inmates ’ was truly magnificent and we were almost sorry to leave the following morning for our seven-day trek to the Chung Kumdan glacier . |
| 13 | Yet the sequel to the story makes it quite plain that this appalling feast of destruction was in accordance with God 's will ( ch. |
| 14 | Yet the poem stands apart from the attitudes most commonly expressed in her work , and , given its obscurity , it is necessary to be cautious with respect to its specific meaning . |
| 15 | Yet the Mani is not for all tastes . |
| 16 | Yet the reading appeared to bring Emilia a kind of doleful peace . |
| 17 | Walkerburn families had experienced severe poverty when the factory closed , yet the welfare state had failed to come to their rescue . |
| 18 | Yet the base levels derived from them are not very different from the base levels derived from the study of marine and river terraces . |
| 19 | Yet the discussion is not without interest . |
| 20 | I suggested that the transcript of the discussion of Postscript is difficult to comprehend , yet the discussion was a perfectly intelligible , even exhilarating , experience for the participants . |
| 21 | Yet the variety of matters comprehended within the terms ‘ administrative , ’ ‘ quasi-judicial , ’ or ‘ executive ’ is vast , however sensitively they are defined . |
| 22 | The mind reels at such extremes of scale , yet the man responsible dismisses it lightly : ‘ It 's only a bit of fun . ’ |
| 23 | Yet the man is treated like a man from another polis . |
| 24 | Yet the man had seemed sincere when he said he loved Cindy . |
| 25 | Yet the government 's monetary policy was hardly successful in reducing inflation . |
| 26 | Yet the government , by bravely liberalising imports and by treating foreign investors more favourably , hopes in the longer run to push Brazil at last into the corral of ‘ model debtors ’ , with access to overseas money and to debt relief under the Brady plan . |
| 27 | Yet the government has long managed to appear as though it was teaching Pythagoras to four-year-olds . |
| 28 | Yet the government can not easily undo the damage wrought by the courts . |
| 29 | Yet the government has always found it safer to regulate companies than to tax consumers , and Mr Bush is especially averse to taxes . |
| 30 | Despite the fact that relief trailers were provided for the homeless they remained empty due to the lack of available land on which to site them , yet the government refused to take over corporate land even for humanitarian purposes . |