Example sentences of "apart from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concerns , apart from the humanitarian , had to be shelved and communication limited to reinterpreting news channelled via western media . |
| 2 | Apart from the elderly living alone , married couples predominate as the type of household containing elderly people in need of care … |
| 3 | Apart from the continued seizure of cultivable land by the authorities , the main problems faced by farmers were the severe limitations on water use , unfavourable marketing conditions , production quotas , restrictions on the planting of fruit trees , and poor access to credit facilities . |
| 4 | Positive results in three-day games have hovered between 42 and 50 per cent over the last five seasons , apart from the freak year of green pitches in 1989 when 57 per cent avoided a draw . |
| 5 | She showed no interest in the workers and indeed , apart from the indoor staff , knew few of them by name . |
| 6 | Apart from the inflationary impact of such measures , the global trend towards higher taxation on fuel consumption is souring relations with leading oil-producing states which yesterday threatened to retaliate with levies on imports from Europe and the US . |
| 7 | The most obvious difference , apart from the extra string , is the use of through-neck construction . |
| 8 | If she is still at work , the situation can be even more fraught as , apart from the extra housework , she may find her loyalties uncomfortably divided . |
| 9 | Moreover , Cynewulf , king of the West Saxons , is not found ( apart from the unacceptable evidence of CS 208 : S 108 ) in Offa 's entourage , nor does Offa 's confirmation of Cynewulf 's grant of land at North Stoke , north of Bath ( itself not above suspicion ) , to the monastery of Bath in the territory of the Hwicce ( CS 327 : S 265 ) necessarily imply a position of dependence on Offa . |
| 10 | There is no golden rule about how this " muddling mass " should be sorted out apart from the absolute necessity for patience and sympathy . |
| 11 | Occasionally a charge on a shield of arms , or the interpretation of a crest can be an important clue in the determination of seignorial affiliation , in linking two families with different names , or suggesting a hitherto unsuspected landholding , quite apart from the visual attraction an achievement might have as stained glass , stone carving or hatchment in the local church . |
| 12 | Apart from the visual appearance of curtain fabric , and suitability for its purpose , the other important characteristic to consider is its drapability . |
| 13 | Apart from the firm belief that if workers and senior management were to pair and so produce a perfect working environment– all hope was placed in the children of the workers we spoke with . |
| 14 | Tasteless apart from the overwhelming sugar flavour . |
| 15 | It is not that the outlawing of all war apart from the overwhelming necessities of self-defence is unrealistic and therefore inevitably unefficacious as a means for controlling force , but rather that it runs counter to the sort of moral consensus on which the ethical authority of international law could be based . |
| 16 | Thirdly he should be loved devoutly ( 113.171f. ) and sweetly and that is when the soul feels overcome with joy , burning in the heat of the Holy Ghost — a Noah 's ark of security in the love of God that nothing can destroy : On the question of how the lover can recognise whether he is loving , Rolle warns that apart from the overwhelming assurance which accompanies the gift of the experience of singular love , man can not live by certainty , but faith , since that is the nature of the game ; but he does suggest a do-it-yourself questionnaire which is really designed to reveal to the user where his heart is fixed . |
| 17 | Impact printers are the largest group and consist of three main sub categories ; dot matrix , daisy wheel and ink jet and , apart from the latter which actually fires its ink these operate by pressing something hard through a ribbon in order to leave an impression on the sheet of paper . |
| 18 | And apart from the glazed doting madness in their eyes . |
| 19 | Apart from the immediate proximity of the rumbustious sea , Blackpool Promenade was a good — perhaps unique — location for the great experiment . |
| 20 | Quite apart from the immediate salary , they are not prepared to stay in position once the development tasks have been completed . |
| 21 | Apart from the noisy inconvenience of the odd low-flying jet , the Palam Air Force ground offers some of the best practice facilities on the sub-continent . |
| 22 | He was standing aloof , black-haired , broad-shouldered and narrow-hipped , taller than the average Italian , an air of contained , but absolute authority setting him apart from the noisy , gesticulating mob . |
| 23 | Apart from the outdoor interest , its also worth visiting St Johann 's own folklore museum , or taking the train to the nearby fortress town of Kufstein . |
| 24 | Apart from the 24–21 loss of the First Test , all the members tended to stack up against Ireland during their eight-match tour of New Zealand . |
| 25 | Apart from the built-in safety features , its most impressive aspect is the feeling of all-round quality and solid engineering . |
| 26 | His moments of inspiration did much to elevate the Stuttgart event , a relaxed affair apart from the odd obligatory outburst . |
| 27 | He succeeds brilliantly in finding a style of speech which is neither archaic nor too modern ( apart from the odd anachronism like cash-flow ) but belongs to a timeless tradition of broad , popular comedy , like Ayckbourn with clogs on . |
| 28 | The plants here have a dense but high canopy of leaves over them during the summer ; so , apart from the odd shaft of sunlight , the conditions are overcast but not dark . |
| 29 | Peace and quiet are to be found in abundance here with the lovely narrow streets being totally traffic free , apart from the odd herd of cows being led down the street by their mountain cowherd . |
| 30 | Esna , a series of dusty streets and alleys , is still asleep , apart from the odd scavenging tat-eared dog . |