Example sentences of "[adv] from a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | There are virtually no deciduous trees , aside from a few beeches seen halfway along the Strait near the modern coaling-station of Punta Arenas . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | There were what we got delivered yesterday was all we had , apart from a few bottles |
6 | 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 . |
7 | So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm . |
8 | This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It was empty apart from a few chairs and a couple of tables . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Apart from a few blends , generally called either Vin d'Alsace on the label , or Edelzwicker , wines are produced from individual grape varieties . |
15 | Apart from a few ornaments and pictures he had paid for everything . |
16 | Apart from a few Sikhs and a very irritable Hindu from East Sheen , most of the targeted persons seemed quite pleased to be asked . |
17 | Anyway , apart from a few discrepancies , the legal position of women in El Salvador is pretty good . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
20 | Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon , street crime does not exist . |
21 | Thaw says the new Morse series he has just finished filming will be his last apart from a few specials . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Apart from a few policemen patrolling the quayside , the event was unremarkable . |
24 | She had concluded , with relief , that apart from a few episodes of moodiness from Sarah , they had taken it very well . |
25 | Apart from a few fanatics , there was a general disinclination to apply the laws directed against them . |
26 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |
27 | Apart from a few parts which seem to lack any antecedents , it derives variously , but less closely , from the compositions just mentioned , from the lecture on " Greek Music Drama " January 1870 ) , from the fragments on " The Greek State " and , in a few places , from the earlier preface to Wagner . |
28 | Throughout the three month test I did n't have any trouble with my feet apart from a few blisters after first wearing them . |
29 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
30 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |