Example sentences of "[adv] from [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their habitations would be huts , which they would have to build themselves , in desert land away from the few cities ; their diet would be healthy and sustaining but it would be monotonous , and they would have to do without delicacies which many of them might have become used to in the Diaspora . |
| 2 | Aside from a few event movies , most people see their films on television now . |
| 3 | There are virtually no deciduous trees , aside from a few beeches seen halfway along the Strait near the modern coaling-station of Punta Arenas . |
| 4 | Again , while the emphasis in television has changed slightly from a few decades ago , for instance in the acceptance that women can be sufficiently authoritative to read news broadcasts , nevertheless we still have Westerns full of macho cowboys and soap operas with glamorous full-time housewives . |
| 5 | Apart from a few rings like those recovered from the megalithic passage-grave at Mané-er-Hroek in Brittany , the jade artefacts circulating in Neolithic Europe consisted entirely of flat celts with pointed butts . |
| 6 | The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies . |
| 7 | There were what we got delivered yesterday was all we had , apart from a few bottles |
| 8 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 9 | So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm . |
| 10 | This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east . |
| 11 | Apart from a few critics ' reservations about the strength of the show 's songs , the reviews saluted Crawford as the West End 's newest star . |
| 12 | Apart from a few scabs here and there and other tell-tale marks around my body my exuberance for life , living and loving , had returned . |
| 13 | Apart from a few bit parts , the rest would be real people . |
| 14 | It was empty apart from a few chairs and a couple of tables . |
| 15 | When Society members inspected the guard 's compartment , they discovered that the original vacuum gauge was still in place and that , apart from a few alterations to the window arrangements , the coach is essentially as built . |
| 16 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
| 17 | Apart from a few blends , generally called either Vin d'Alsace on the label , or Edelzwicker , wines are produced from individual grape varieties . |
| 18 | Apart from a few ornaments and pictures he had paid for everything . |
| 19 | A lack of foreign exchange means that , apart from a few Toyotas , there are virtually no new cars in Rangoon . |
| 20 | Apart from a few Sikhs and a very irritable Hindu from East Sheen , most of the targeted persons seemed quite pleased to be asked . |
| 21 | Anyway , apart from a few discrepancies , the legal position of women in El Salvador is pretty good . |
| 22 | Apart from a few independents and a handful of dissidents the only candidates among whom the elector can choose will be those that the parties have seen fit to put before him . |
| 23 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
| 24 | Apart from a few species of northern waders which regularly spend the winter in the islands , the rest of the birds recorded are wind-blown vagrants from South America . |
| 25 | Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon , street crime does not exist . |
| 26 | Thaw says the new Morse series he has just finished filming will be his last apart from a few specials . |
| 27 | And after half an hour of discussing the good things and the less good things about the royal family the vote , apart from a few abstentions , we have worried a few people fo fo fo forty three people say we think that it should be a republic , fifty four no , so there is there 's a swing factor in the middle . |
| 28 | Apart from a few policemen patrolling the quayside , the event was unremarkable . |
| 29 | She had concluded , with relief , that apart from a few episodes of moodiness from Sarah , they had taken it very well . |
| 30 | Apart from a few model entries , these are not included in the list but must be established by the cataloguer . |