Example sentences of "yet in [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The word ‘ rétroversion ’ can be understood etymologically as ‘ turning back ’ , yet in modern usage it is reserved exclusively for the turning or tipping of organs , especially of the uterus . |
| 2 | Yet in one way they were fortunate . |
| 3 | … neglect of the occupational culture of teachers … has led us to underestimate the significance of the teachers ' culture as a medium through which many innovations and reforms must pass ; yet in that passage they frequently become shaped , transformed or resisted in ways that were unintended and unanticipated . |
| 4 | ‘ For the third year running , we have been unable to build a single house , yet in that period we have had to re-house nearly 2,000 homeless families . ’ |
| 5 | In Scotland the most obvious example of this — the Scottish Development Agency ( SDA ) — is not strictly a local government but a regional organization , yet in many ways it has provided a model for initiatives which have since been developed elsewhere at local level . |
| 6 | And yet in many respects it was just the same kind of Christmas that she and her family had always known back home in Scotland . |
| 7 | Yet in other sonnets it does have those connotations of exclusion and separation . |
| 8 | Yet in other centuries I was being forced to omit , for sheer lack of space , figures of the highest cultural importance . |
| 9 | Yet in dark silhouette she seemed almost a Stealer . |
| 10 | Yet in medieval times it was an abundant bird , a useful scavenger in the streets of towns . |
| 11 | Yet in another sense they are similar , both being components of aggregate demand , i.e. types of spending which create income for others in the economic system . |
| 12 | Yet in another sense he had no home , and no country . |
| 13 | ‘ Yet in some ways we seem to have known each other forever . |
| 14 | Yet in those eyes he could see fear . |
| 15 | Yet in public cinemas we , the customers , watch film in the shadowy company of an anonymous crowd , each one of whom , like us , lives a life of which cinemagoing is but a part . |
| 16 | Yet in both respects he was notable for a quicksilver opportunism of mind , adapting his arguments to the circumstances of the hour . |
| 17 | Yet in this case I think that the block , which perhaps represents a bed on the level of reality , is in the ( statue ) metaphor reclaiming the man . |
| 18 | It seems that male spatial arrangements are contingent upon those of females , who are themselves dispersed in relation to dietary ecology , and yet in this species it is females rather than males that move between social units . |
| 19 | ‘ We know from our experience of gardens at Chelsea that we must stage an eye-catching display , yet in this garden we wanted to demonstrate lots of simple but pleasing design and feature ideas so that everyone would find something fascinating and achievable . |
| 20 | Yet in everyday dress he was noted for the simplicity of his clothing , and for not setting himself apart from his nobles in appearance . |