Example sentences of "save for [art] few " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Save for a few naval battles , the war had never reached the Old World .
5 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 .
6 Very little of interest on the technical front , save for a few more bent shaft models .
7 So now , save for a few interesting mounds in the field , there is no visible evidence of its existence .
8 The counters and display cabinets were empty , save for a few of the distinctive green and gold Confiserie Vassoir tins .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 A whole kingdom , a whole community and all Christian people , save for a few exceptions , might be put under such a sentence .
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