Example sentences of "save [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company which does not allow a woman to return to work after maternity leave is regarded ( save in a few exceptional circumstances described in the small print of the legislation ) as having dismissed her . |
| 2 | In the belt extending from Hoxne to the Orwell estuary the percentage of assessments below £2 hardly exceeded twenty , save in a few places , and overall more were on goods than on earnings . |
| 3 | It left the world unchanged save in a few interesting particulars . |
| 4 | It was not , save by a few visionaries , supposed that these secondary schools should be provided for everybody , nor that they should be free . |
| 5 | He was shouting at the top of his voice into the microphone but save for a few at the front of the crowd , nobody could hear a word because someone had cut the amplifier cable . |
| 6 | Old photographs , such as those in the Sprott Collection , show wide , uncluttered streets , no traffic save for a few carts and other horse-drawn vehicles and plenty of space for people to stand . |
| 7 | A British walker survived for seven days without food , save for a few prunes she managed to scavenge out of a dustbin , while lost in New Zealand 's rugged Taparua mountain range . |
| 8 | Save for a few naval battles , the war had never reached the Old World . |
| 9 | Yet nobody , save for a few free-market purists , seems to be worrying — least of all the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission , whose office is located next to the finance ministry . |
| 10 | Very little of interest on the technical front , save for a few more bent shaft models . |
| 11 | So now , save for a few interesting mounds in the field , there is no visible evidence of its existence . |
| 12 | The counters and display cabinets were empty , save for a few of the distinctive green and gold Confiserie Vassoir tins . |
| 13 | ‘ Spoken like a true woman , ’ said Dr Neil , staring at the board , empty save for a few pieces clustered round a pair of kings in one corner . |
| 14 | A whole kingdom , a whole community and all Christian people , save for a few exceptions , might be put under such a sentence . |