Example sentences of "apart from its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from its strategic position as the seat of Tokugawa government , Edo achieved added importance from the system of alternate attendance ( sankin kotai ) . |
| 2 | Apart from its rich cricket history , featuring such giants as Hobbs , Fender , Bedser , Laker and May , the country has the same heraldic colour , chocolate brown , as that of my beloved ‘ Bordah ’ . |
| 3 | The character of the Northern Region can not be understood apart from its industrial history and the same holds for the Tyneside conurbation and the two locales which are the subject of this study . |
| 4 | Apart from its sheer deliciousness ( most cold lobster sauces , including mayonnaise , are on the heavy side for what is already rich and solid food ) this sauce has other points to recommend it . |
| 5 | Quite apart from its technical ingenuity , its wily thematic evolutions and transformations , I love its eccentricity : only Bernstein could have ‘ tuned in ’ to Plato 's timeless dinner party and still had the last laugh . |
| 6 | Many doctors specializing in the care of the dying consider that the state of modern medicine makes even the need to consider the notion of euthanasia , whether at the request of the patient or otherwise , as an option quite unnecessary , quite apart from its moral repugnance . |
| 7 | The long-term side-effects of the waste are still not known quite apart from its chemical components . |
| 8 | The polis , or city-state , was usually a small , self-governing , self-sustaining entity which , apart from its political autonomy , possessed very few of the characteristics of the modern state . |
| 9 | Energy and Building Technology has again proved to be the most profitable activity in the division and apart from its traditional clients , namely BRECSU , BRE and Wimpey Homes and Construction , has secured new with the DOE . |
| 10 | Grand Met is essentially a pub-owning company , apart from its other interests . |
| 11 | Apart from its assonantic association with the heavily symbolic ‘ parrot ’ ( discussed more fully above in reference to Skelton 's Speke , Parot ) , the name also reverberates with nuances from the French language . |
| 12 | This did not render the appeal in any way academic because , quite apart from its inherent importance in the context of other cases , J. 's parents share parental responsibility with the local authority and J. 's mother was fully entitled to seek to uphold the order . |
| 13 | Although Deems spoke of other planets , Cley 's chamber was perfectly prosaic , apart from its melancholy air . |
| 14 | As it is , he had given enough indication of his intention in the work , quite apart from its psalmodic basis , to make it clear . |
| 15 | Other divisions of income , apart from its overall size distribution , suggest themselves as relevant for certain issues ; so for example economic growth is associated with changes in shares of income generated in different sectors of the economy ( manufacturing , agriculture , etc. ) ; labour market analysis might suggest the relative fates of different economic groups ( professional versus manual , architects versus roadsweepers , etc. ) ; regional economists , especially in the current context of the EC , by definition have an interest in regional differences in incomes . |
| 16 | I look for what each dog is , its own character , its own personality apart from its overall breed ’ . |
| 17 | If it proves possible to develop useful modelling links between financial and strategic analyses , DCF will be a device for simplifying and summarizing — quite apart from its theoretical justification . |
| 18 | For example , apart from its northern margin along the Mediterranean Sea , the African Plate is surrounded by divergent or transform boundaries . |
| 19 | The Ensemble will continue to record regularly with Virgin Classics , and apart from its expanding workload , with an increased commitment to taking chamber and small scale orchestral music to Scotland 's rural areas , will augment this season 's touring schedule in Europe with trips to Finland and Russia . |
| 20 | Apart from its direct interpretation , the TSP can also be applied to problems that have nothing to do with towns and salesmen . |
| 21 | But it seems odd that the nut is not the prime product of the tree : apparently the fluid of the cashew apple , quite apart from its inflammatory properties , makes jam , a passable alcoholic beverage , is a lubricant , and insecticide , and finds a use in paints , plastics and car tyres . |
| 22 | The dancers , however , get an obvious and infectious thrill out of performing Piano , and apart from its minor longeurs , it is an equally fresh and exhilarating experience for the audience . |
| 23 | Apart from its royal members , the number of Knights of the Garter is limited to twenty-four , and this restriction , coupled with the fact that since 1946 it has been once more in the personal gift of the monarch , makes its membership peculiarly exclusive . |
| 24 | Yet the book has value apart from its vital role in God 's message of salvation . |
| 25 | Today , quite apart from its scientific interest , the mule , offspring of a donkey and a mare , has enormous economic potential : as a work animal , the mule 's life is almost twice that of the horse ; it pulls more in proportion to its weight ; it needs shoeing less often ; and it can be worked in large teams without difficulty . |
| 26 | It is said to be a luminous and dynamic nature capable of independent existence apart from its physical counterpart . |
| 27 | Apart from its main function of storing a set of measures this procedure contains some diagnostics and also outputs a dot each time a measure is calculated to show the user that the program is running correctly . |
| 28 | Apart from its veterinary importance , this species is responsible for the most widely recognised form of visceral larva migrans in man . |
| 29 | Apart from its immunosuppressive action , prolonged mental and physical arousal resulting from stress can generate a cycle of numerous biochemical processes that seem to hasten ageing . |
| 30 | Zoologists today have widely accepted that Jane Goodall 's field research , apart from its own merits , has supplanted much observation of captive animals , showing that their behaviour is often disturbed and even psychotic . |