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their highest authority Yājnavalkya not even
Treating of the construction of the fire-altar, they recognise the teaching of Çāṇḍilya as their highest authority, Yājnavalkya not even being mentioned; while the peoples who are named, the Gāndhāras, Salvas, Kekayas, belong to the north-west.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

than happy and yet not entirely
Ah, yes, she was happy, more than happy, and yet not entirely so, for happiness must be bright, and a dark, harassing shadow fell again and again over the sunny enthusiasm which irradiated her nature and lent her a haughtier bearing.
— from Barbara Blomberg — Volume 04 by Georg Ebers

trails have accordingly yielded numerous examples
The lines of those old trails have accordingly yielded numerous examples of the wayfarers’ weapons and tools, as well as of unfinished implements.
— from The Lost Atlantis and Other Ethnographic Studies by Wilson, Daniel, Sir

that has attended your national elections
He wishes me to thank you for it, and specially to convey to you, as well as to the other members of your N.S.A., his hearty congratulations over the success that has attended your national elections this year.
— from Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand by Effendi Shoghi

the horses and yet not enough
"There'll be light enough then so that we can make time getting down to the horses and yet not enough light to show us up to a chance early rider down below.
— from The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory


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