Example sentences of "but apart from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But apart from a commode under the bed , and a rickety table with a cracked basin and ewer upon it , the only other furnishing the room afforded was a rail across one corner for her wardrobe , with a cotton curtain to conceal the clothes that would be hung upon it . |
| 2 | But apart from a supply of talent , Geldart also needs hard cash . |
| 3 | I inspected the posters on the cafe walls to see if there was anything interesting happening in the area in the near future , but apart from the Film Club there was n't much . |
| 4 | His glory was the late cut , rated by C.L.R. James as ‘ one of the great strokes of our time ’ , but apart from the hook , which he did not play , all the other strokes were there , elegant , graceful , polished , a joy to watch . |
| 5 | But apart from the grumbling in the sky and the hissing of rain , there was no lightning ; no reason why this peculiar shadow show should be taking place . |
| 6 | But apart from the United States she was the only non-European state which could claim anything like this status . |
| 7 | We have ‘ clashes ’ and ‘ mob violence ’ but apart from the Governor we have only one named agent : ‘ Paisley ’ . |
| 8 | The hire car would be running up a heavy bill , but apart from the advance that he 'd had to hand over Forester had no intention of paying it . |
| 9 | DUP Assemblyman Jim Wells was also present but apart from the DUP politicians , the only other leader who was present was George Seawright ( of whom more later ) . |
| 10 | But apart from the Antarctica Treaty of 1959 no examples were provided from the post-Second-World-War years . |
| 11 | But apart from the number of police rapidly increasing , their technological and quasi-military capacities shamelessly strengthened , their discretionary powers of apprehension , interrogation , detention , and arrest liberally extended , and new prisons built or old ones extensively refurbished ( all with money the government claims the country has not got to maintain existing standards of education , health , unemployment welfare , and social services ) , nothing much justifies the optimism . |
| 12 | The matter is addressed from the point of view of the buyer in cl 2.2 of Precedent 2 and of the seller in cl 6 of Precedent 1 , but apart from the time when the buyer becomes responsible to pay the storage charges , the principles are much the same . |
| 13 | It was n't much , and they would take it in their stride , no doubt , but apart from the fact these revenge raids certainly did upset his Tormentors a little , making life and their cruel purpose just that little bit less easy for them , the greatest effect was on him . |
| 14 | Ackroyd quotes him ; but apart from the fact that Eliot , especially in his distressed state , was unlikely to have used those words of Vivien , there is no record of his having sent such a telegram . |
| 15 | ‘ But apart from the fact that my mother obviously lived here at some time I know nothing at all . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He might discuss some business matters with my father , for whom he has a tremendous respect , but apart from the fact that he does n't live at Parkwood any more he never boasts . ’ |
| 17 | Devlin Parnham was in his seventies but apart from the sparsity of his frame and a slight tendency to stoop you would never have known it . |