Example sentences of "apart from [art] few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Apart from a few Labour competitors , he was the best Leader of the House that I have seen , certainly in a Conservative Government . |
2 | People were aware of the hard struggle ahead and of its significance , but were generally calm and confident , apart from a few nervous expressions of the difficulties involved in conquering ‘ these vast spaces ’ . |
3 | Apart from a few small departments which relocated to Aldermaston into temporary accommodation shortly after the site was purchased , the main move was made in two parts starting with the move of the headquarters of Blue Circle Cement , the main UK operating group , into temporary accommodation in the third quarter of 1984 . |
4 | In fact , the themes are various and , despite rival 1492 celebrations , for Europeans the artistic creativity of Latin America apart from a few great names is still largely unexplored territory . |
5 | I wonder if they will ask me to go , but apart from a few curious glances , quickly snuffed , they ignore me . |
6 | ‘ It looked pretty derelict when I bought it but the quality of materials and craftsmanship in those days was superb and I was able to restore it back to its original condition , apart from a few new components . ’ |
7 | The business of turning bark into stoppers is very much a cottage industry , apart from a few modern factories . |
8 | I 've never been able to speak Spanish before , apart from a few odd phrases like spaghetti bolognese and virtuosi di Roma ! |
9 | Apart from a few hundred feet just below the summit , the climbing was straightforward , yet at 21,400ft provided useful acclimatization and fleeting views through swirling clouds towards other , less accessible peaks . |
10 | But , apart from a few foolhardy daisies confused by a mild winter , there was little in Shetland to indicate that spring was — officially — only a few weeks away . |
11 | We recognise that the bulk of actual recruitment spade work will be done at a local level , but , apart from a few heroic efforts , the branches were not up to it . |
12 | Who , apart from a few latter-day Edwardians , is interested in a windbag with a funny beard , who wrote ( at great length ) about socialism , and whose ( long ) plays are comedies of ill-manners , featuring semi-melodramatic characters from a forgotten age ? |
13 | The make-ups for these are mostly straightforward , apart from a few facial appliances to simulate injuries or decay . |
14 | Apart from a few technical experiments , cable services the world over rely on coaxial copper cable similar to the wires that connect the TVs in people 's living rooms to the aerials on the roof . |
15 | Apart from a few straightforward effects ( slow motion , freeze frame ) , art movies tend to fall outside this area , because by and large SFX are expensive and time-consuming , whereas art movies of limited appeal tend to be made on relatively low budgets . |
16 | Apart from a few still lifes , interiors , and landscapes , the pictures of Gwen John 's artistic maturity are all female portraits , usually of a model known only as ‘ the convalescent ’ , the monumental figure isolated or before a simple background . |
17 | The lads have all knitted in together extremely well , and we appear reasonably settled , apart from a few niggling injuries . ’ |
18 | Fortunately , the wave of crack that swept American ghettos and the Caribbean has not taken root in this country apart from a few isolated cases in the North of England . |
19 | Similarly , Italian unions have never been organised on a craft or occupational basis ( apart from a few exceptional cases ) . |
20 | Liz and Owen were clearly making good progress , and , apart from a few tearful moments , the twins had happily settled down , regarding their trips to the hospital as part of their daily routine . |
21 | Apart from a few statutory exceptions based on tax , fraud and other predictable areas , the Salomon principle of separate legal personality is still applied to subsidiary companies . |
22 | But apart from a few minor lines the Wüppertal line remains the only substantial operations . |
23 | Apart from a few minor displays , they are free of aggression toward their own kind . |
24 | One assumption which the book challenges is that — apart from a few disenchanted poets and artists — most soldiers accepted uncomplainingly the necessity for huge losses and the privations of life at the front . |
25 | Wallace battled well till the end , but Deane looked unsettled and uninvolved , apart from a few deft touches back in defence . |
26 | They are of more recent origin in statutory planning and , apart from a few basic considerations , tend to vary in their incidence in different districts . |
27 | He has hitherto fought shy ( apart from a few marginal incentives ) of trying to increase total savings through the tax system . |
28 | Libraries both public and institutional are disposing of books without any public debate , apart from a few over-heated outbursts in local newspapers and professional journals , forgotten as soon as read and never taken seriously . |
29 | Apart from a few lesser results , the high point came at Fuji in Japan — the race that saw James Hunt crowned champion when Niki Lauda , his nearest rival , still recovering from his terrible and incendiary accident at the Nürburgring , withdrew from the race on the second lap because , as Niki said , ‘ only a fool would race in these conditions ’ — when Mario was on pole and won the race magisterially . |
30 | ‘ Apart from a few more beers , ’ deadpans Dan , who has n't got any hair at all , and pretend to be unimpressed even by the supremely impressive . |