VERB + yet to INFINITIVE – English Grammar Profiler

At C2 in the English Vocabulary Profile, is the structure:

BE or HAVE + yet + TO-infinitive

to express something expected that was not done.

For example:

This has yet to grow in evidence until it can come to practice.

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A search in the NOW corpus for:

_V yet _TO _VVI

1 IS YET TO COME 11897re 2 HAS YET TO MAKE 9086 3 IS YET TO MAKE 7298 4 HAVE YET TO SEE 6714 5 HAVE YET TO RECEIVE 4766 6 HAS YET TO RECEIVE 4625 7 HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE 4364 8 ARE YET TO RECEIVE 4229 9 ARE YET TO GET 3947 10 IS YET TO TAKE 3595 11 ARE YET TO COME 3289 12 ARE YET TO SEE 3245 13 IS YET TO GET 3169 14 HAS YET TO PLAY 3134 15 IS YET TO RECEIVE 3104 16 HAS YET TO DECIDE 2985 17 HAS YET TO RESPOND 2904 18 HAVE YET TO MAKE 2838 19 HAS YET TO CONFIRM 2805 20 HAS YET TO WIN 2774 21 HAS YET TO TAKE 2732 22 HAS YET TO RELEASE 2684 23 IS YET TO ANNOUNCE 2660 24 HAVE YET TO FIND 2558 25 HAS YET TO COMMENT 2513 26 ARE YET TO MAKE 2456 27 HAS YET TO SEE 2442 28 HAS YET TO FIND 2377 29 HAS YET TO COME 2346 30 ARE YET TO EXERCISE 2309 31 ‘VE YET TO SEE 2254 32 IS YET TO DECIDE 2163 33 IS YET TO CONFIRM 2118 34 WAS YET TO COME 2054 35 HAVE YET TO GET 2030 36 HAS YET TO REACH 2024 37 HAD YET TO RECEIVE 2008 38 IS YET TO RESPOND 1981 39 HAVE YET TO HEAR 1844 40 HAS YET TO GET 1825 41 IS YET TO START 1801

42 HAS YET TO REVEAL 1749

Sauron has yet to reveal his deadliest servant, the one who will lead Mordor‘s armies in war.

The Lord of the Rings

43 HAVE YET TO COME 1718 44 IS YET TO SEE 1647 45 ARE YET TO TAKE 1619 46 HAS YET TO ISSUE 1587 47 ARE YET TO WIN 1576 48 IS YET TO WIN 1559 49 IS YET TO PLAY 1544 50 HAVE YET TO WIN 1531 51 IS YET TO RELEASE 1518 52 HAVE YET TO REACH 1508 53 HAVE YET TO CONFIRM 1503 54 ARE YET TO FIND 1482 55 HAS YET TO START 1423 56 ARE YET TO CONFIRM 1410 57 IS YET TO FIND 1404 58 WAS YET TO RECEIVE 1380 59 HAVE YET TO DETERMINE 1357 60 HAVE YET TO ANNOUNCE 1345 61 IS YET TO REACH 1333 62 IS YET TO REVEAL 1325 63 IS YET TO GIVE 1301 64 HAVE YET TO TAKE 1252 65 IS YET TO COMMENT 1242 66 HAS YET TO SHOW 1241 67 HAVE YET TO MEET 1225 68 IS YET TO BEGIN 1225 69 HAS YET TO GIVE 1222 70 IS YET TO RECOVER 1221 71 HAS YET TO PROVIDE 1217 72 HAS YET TO SIGN 1159 73 HAS YET TO BEGIN 1142 74 HAVE YET TO DECIDE 1138 75 HAS YET TO SAY 1124 76 HAS YET TO SCORE 1078 77 HAVE YET TO PLAY 1064 78 IS YET TO SCORE 1025 79 HAS YET TO RETURN 1015 80 HAD YET TO MAKE 992 81 BE YET TO COME 974 82 ARE YET TO REACH 973 83 ARE YET TO DECIDE 971 84 WERE YET TO RECEIVE 966 85 HAS YET TO MEET 951 86 HAS YET TO RECOVER 938 87 HAS YET TO HEAR 935 88 HAVE YET TO RELEASE 926 89 HAVE YET TO COMMENT 907 90 HAS YET TO APPEAR 902 91 ARE YET TO RECOVER 892 92 IS YET TO SIGN 890 93 HAS YET TO PROVE 883 94 HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY 881 95 HAS YET TO SET 862 96 WAS YET TO GET 837 97 AM YET TO SEE 825 98 HAVE YET TO RESPOND 818 99 HAS YET TO PRODUCE 806

100 HAS YET TO APPROVE 804