Example sentences of "[adv] from [art] [det] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Aside from the many companies which have gone into liquidation , those which survive have taken the opportunity to improve their operating efficiency , often achieving this by reduction in staffing levels .
2 Apart from a few parts which seem to lack any antecedents , it derives variously , but less closely , from the compositions just mentioned , from the lecture on " Greek Music Drama " January 1870 ) , from the fragments on " The Greek State " and , in a few places , from the earlier preface to Wagner .
3 Apart from a few nouns which allow a choice of singular or plural concord ( e.g. The committee is/are considering the question ) , the choice of singular in English rules out the possibility of plural reference by default , and vice versa .
4 Apart from a few weddings she had n't been inside a church for a long while .
5 Station staff knew everyone worth knowing in the suburb apart from the few tradesmen who made no use of the railway for carriage of goods .
6 Apart from the few noises I made on the path , all I could hear was the very occasional and distant roar of heavy trucks on the road through town .
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