Example sentences of "apart [prep] a few [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Apart from a few rings like those recovered from the megalithic passage-grave at Mané-er-Hroek in Brittany , the jade artefacts circulating in Neolithic Europe consisted entirely of flat celts with pointed butts . |
2 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
3 | This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east . |
4 | When Society members inspected the guard 's compartment , they discovered that the original vacuum gauge was still in place and that , apart from a few alterations to the window arrangements , the coach is essentially as built . |
5 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
6 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
7 | Apart from a few species of northern waders which regularly spend the winter in the islands , the rest of the birds recorded are wind-blown vagrants from South America . |
8 | Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon , street crime does not exist . |
9 | She had concluded , with relief , that apart from a few episodes of moodiness from Sarah , they had taken it very well . |
10 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |
11 | Throughout the three month test I did n't have any trouble with my feet apart from a few blisters after first wearing them . |
12 | It is exhaustive , impeccably organised , and generally well written ( apart from a few Germanicisms like telephoning ‘ over ’ instead of ‘ via ’ Sweden , and Norway 's defence being ‘ overmanned ’ instead of ‘ overwhelmed ’ ) . |
13 | ‘ Apart from a few people at the Kremlin and at Number Ten , you and I are the only people who know of the situation . ’ |
14 | The administration of the Famine was remarkable for the absence of nearly all leading Bolsheviks , apart from a few speeches from one or two of them . |