Example sentences of "from a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a few bit parts , the rest would be real people . |
| 2 | Aside from a few event movies , most people see their films on television now . |
| 3 | Some idea of the strain to which the realm was submitted by these wars will become evident from a few sample years . |
| 4 | Apart from a few news and sport items and the TV listings , how much of Monday 's Mirror or Sun could not equally well be published on the following Thursday or Friday ? |
| 5 | Apart from a few model entries , these are not included in the list but must be established by the cataloguer . |
| 6 | Yet , apart from a few family friends , there was little support for such views . |
| 7 | Alternatively , cements may nucleate on grains as separate , or disconformable , crystals ( Fig. 5.24a ) , or they may grow from a few nucleation points so that they enclose the grains as poikilotopic cements ( Fig. 5.24b ) ; they may be the same mineralogy as the grains they enclose . |
| 8 | He looked as if he would like to sear her with another acid remark but he remained silent , as she did , apart from a few non-committal remarks , all through dinner . |
| 9 | He had been in the unit over six months now and this was the first time he was seeing action , the first time he had been entrusted with a weapon — apart from a few training sessions . |