Example sentences of "apart [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , then , we should perhaps think of settlements being 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart as the norm . |
| 2 | Last year talks with IBM fell apart as the computer behemoth 's own fortunes collapsed . |
| 3 | It is as if the Poet were tackling time face to face , confronting , wrestling with time , with his Friend standing apart as the prize in the competition . |
| 4 | They have been removed from the bridge because many similar ones have broken apart as the steel rods have corroded . |
| 5 | It was probable that with a type of aggravated libel , and a defence that was blatantly bogus and came apart during the trial , they decided to add a nought to the amount of damages . ’ |
| 6 | The couple live apart during the week now . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 9 | ( ii ) [ repealed 1981 c. 23 , Sched. 4. ] ( 2 ) While this section applies to any premises , the effect shall be that for the purposes mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) below there shall be permitted hours in those premises on Sundays , such permitted hours being the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 10 | One road is set apart for the testing of the heating apparatus , etc. , on vehicles . |
| 11 | These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) The purpose of the subsection is to make it clear that the extension of the permitted hours only applies to the part of the premises set apart for the consumption of main meals by a person having a table meal there . |
| 13 | This was not to say that organized and structured prayers for the dead had ceased , for the Roman Rite included plenary intercessions for the living and the dead at every mass ; the annual mass for the departed was on All Souls ' Day , a standard event in the Church 's calendar , set apart for the benefit of souls in purgatory . |
| 14 | Look Clare — look what was here ; fil-filthy mean little houses not far enough apart for the wind to blow between them ; derelict factories with slates slipping off them and armies of rats — not a blade of grass in sight . |
| 15 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 16 | No , it sound a good idea if it do n't fall apart nearer the time . |
| 17 | I had acquired his confidence , which I believe I still retain , but for a number of reasons which were quasi-political we drifted apart towards the end of his second premiership , and although we have remained on friendly terms , the intimacy has long vanished . |
| 18 | Q. Do you approve of a woman having to have a vaginal examination as apart of the routine medical examination to enter Britain ? |
| 19 | So really man 's costume changed very little , and in fact , apart of the cut of the jacket , and the type of hat you wore , it carried on right up to the present day . |
| 20 | When it found him the mouth opened in a roar of triumph , lips pulling apart behind the vizor to reveal huge yellow teeth . |
| 21 | Obviously , if two objects are physically connected they must be at about the same distance from us , and yet many of these Arp associations include objects with redshifts that ‘ ought ’ to place them far apart along the line of sight . |
| 22 | As far as we know , they all used two or three microphones spaced some yards apart along the front of the orchestra , a technique favoured by American engineers to this day . |
| 23 | On the other hand , the broad unity and homogeneity of the Bible itself had not been really seriously challenged in earlier centuries , whereas it could now appear to be falling apart under the impact of the new critical approaches of the eighteenth century . |
| 24 | The 23-year-old multi-millionaire world snooker champion 's form and confidence have fallen apart under the pressure of being the victim of a bizarre death plot . |
| 25 | Blades are divided chordwise into ‘ Stations ’ set six inches apart with the mid-line being termed ‘ Station 42 ’ . |
| 26 | The boats were never more than 36 seconds apart until the finish , where Conner took a flyer on the final run to end 2 min 8 sec behind . |
| 27 | Apart from the champagne spilled over the bow , there was plenty consumed in a more conventional fashion as the crew showed off the new boat for the first time . |
| 28 | I know a lot of people who study it carefully take the view if it closed down tomorrow nobody would notice apart from the taxi drivers in Strasbourg . |
| 29 | Apart from the Standard and Pantograph cars built in the Twenties , the rest was a motley collection of vintage designs , which did not square with Luff 's vision of a modern coastal tramway . |
| 30 | The main snag with binaural stereo , apart from the inconvenience of listening through headphones , is the difficulty of distinguishing front from rear sound , and getting a clear feeling of height . |