Example sentences of "apart [prep] being a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To cope with these feelings of helplessness and infantile-like dependency on external events and factors there has to be a myth which allows for the possibility of being heroic , apart from being a martyr . |
| 2 | ( Is there anything else you would rather be doing at the moment , apart from being a housewife and a mother ? ) |
| 3 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 4 | Well , I mean , really what he does is , apart from being a puppy and chewing things , you ca n't tell him off for doing it , because if you do then that 's when he shows , you know , his teeth come back and really he makes you frightened . |
| 5 | He drives a Porsche , because apart from being a car that operates in harmony with man , in Conran 's view , it is also beautiful to behold . |
| 6 | Apart from being a guideline , and not a rigid rule , it is evidence that changes in interest rate expectations are being held , but perhaps behind the scenes approval from the Bank of England has not been forthcoming . |
| 7 | My mother , apart from being a skivvying , she used to go out with along with Mrs , doing the hatched , matched and dispatched department . |
| 8 | More news about Jack is the announcement that he has handed over the reins of the Midland Embalming School to John Davis who , apart from being a trade embalmer has a varied background in nursing , counselling , laboratory work and school teaching . |