Example sentences of "apart from the few " in BNC.

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1 Apart from the few ornamental buildings , it was an unattractive little town , built from mud .
2 International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation .
3 Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last .
4 It was over , he was unhurt , and it had n't cost him a penny apart from the few pence in his pocket — and as the kidnapping was n't what was eating his heart out he knew he could n't pretend it was .
5 He has planted himself and his small company betimes ; indeed , apart from the few native people as I say , there is no one here to give us hindrance in our enterprise .
6 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 .
7 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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