Example sentences of "apart from [pron] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl had something — quite apart from her natural grace and outstanding good looks , quite apart from the lithe , leggy body that was simply made for modelling , there was a quality about her that made her stand out from all the others girls in the class , which drew the eye and held it , so that even someone as cynical as Arlene looked and wanted to go on looking . |
| 2 | She lost her home , was apart from her own family and my father , and did not fare very well at all when the time came to divide Aunt Bessie 's property . |
| 3 | The character of the Northern Region can not be understood apart from its industrial history and the same holds for the Tyneside conurbation and the two locales which are the subject of this study . |
| 4 | Apart from its handy size and weather resistant body the most useful feature was the 38mm-90mm zoom lens , simple operated by two buttons . |
| 5 | Apart from their long walks and interminable conversations and evening singsong , or their expeditions to ancient monuments , he and Gwili and his cousins assisted with the harvest , binding sheaves and even mowing bracken with a scythe . |
| 6 | Then the wind rose , fanning the few sparks left alive in the brushwood ; the fire flared into life again and gave them light to see by , and they broke apart from their terrible embraces and sprang off to blade-length and lance-length . |
| 7 | Apart from their own House and the alms-houses in Nether Oldfield , their arms were on three pubs , their monuments in two churches , the one surviving primary school was on their land . |
| 8 | Apart from their fair hair and strong features , there was little to label them as twins , she thought , wondering which was her father , and which her uncle . |
| 9 | Quite apart from my academic concerns and duties — consciously removed from them , indeed — I have political interests and commitments focussed also on Europe . |
| 10 | ‘ Apart from your flashing eyes and passionate temper , ’ he did n't hesitate to remind her , ‘ you came over anything but frigid when you snuggled up to me the other evening ! ’ |
| 11 | The speakers , apart from our own President and Vice President were , ( NAFD ) , ( Deputy Convenor , Tweedale Council ) , ( President 's Personal Steward ) and ( Minister of the Old Parish Church , Peebles ) . |
| 12 | Fortunately for him , he is more often seen as the ‘ little boy lost ’ ( which is often just how he feels , so his suffering is considerable ) , for apart from his obvious grief and loneliness , who now will cook his meals and iron his shirts ? |