Example sentences of "apart from [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from being one of the smallest ( 225 square miles ) of the 11 national parks in England and Wales , the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is also the only park in Britain which is largely coastal and mainly covering lowland areas . |
| 2 | But , apart from being a relatively poor performance by international standards , national resources had not grown sufficiently to take account of total need . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Such an explanation , quite apart from being completely wrong , is extraordinary in the light of the fact that both Marx and Engels warn throughout their work that biological models are inappropriate to human societies . |
| 5 | Apart from being offensive , this is bad theology . |
| 6 | It was up to Greenidge and , apart from being dropped on 26 , he did them proud . |
| 7 | After all , apart from being all of thirty-two , she was the wife of one of the editors and no woman was worth getting into trouble for . |
| 8 | The idea was abandoned in any event on the grounds of prohibitive costs , apart from being unfavourably viewed by the planners and the police . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Apart from being pressed , prodded , tapped and manipulated whilst lying on the bed , I was cardiographed , x-rayed , blood-tested and biologically examined in a series of walkabouts and strip consultations . |
| 11 | Apart from being cold enough to remove your skin , there is a sinister tunnel sweeping water away on some underground journey , and although a metal grid may stop you from joining it , I have visions of diving in naked with a happy yell , only to emerge in the urinals of the aluminium smelter in Fort William . |
| 12 | To meet objections to this , the Commission added that an individual should only be held where , quite apart from being for an ‘ arrestable offence ’ , the arrest was also ‘ necessary ’ . |
| 13 | Fortunately , he survived unscathed , apart from being showered with dust and ash , and inhaling a few lungfuls too many of sulphur dioxide fumes . |
| 14 | Apart from being baked hard by the heat of the lava , these sediments were quite undisturbed , and had been carried bodily as smoothly as if they had gone up in a lift . |
| 15 | Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do . |
| 16 | Quite apart from being the most down-to-earth thing about us , feet are a subtle source of sensuality . |
| 17 | You may remember I was pretty well oiled that evening , apart from being knocked senseless . ’ |
| 18 | Apart from being welcomed by the patient , such changes may also be very informative for staff . |
| 19 | Cut glass was what is now called crystal , though it is nothing of the kind , and it has advantages apart from being elegant . |
| 20 | For apart from being equipped with eyes , head and body , dolphins and whales bear little outward physical resemblance to ourselves . |
| 21 | That big room , apart from being the girls ' bedroom , was our pièce de résistance . |
| 22 | Library co-operatives , apart from being producers/suppliers of courses , could also constitute a significant market for courses and be in a position to request economically viable , tailor-made ‘ external ’ courses . |
| 23 | Apart from being almost impossible to cut , second hand shop windows are usually of inferior quality . |
| 24 | Apart from being a major port and ferry terminal , Cherbourg also has an extensive yacht marina , and is of course gateway to the Cotentin peninsula , where many of the bloodiest and most important of the battles of the liberation were fought in the immediate aftermath of the Allied invasion . |
| 25 | Apart from being disinclined for work , Mrs Peterson was showing her age more than ever and was not capable of sustained effort . |
| 26 | Both women 's bodies were torn apart from being dashed against jagged rocks ringing the shoreline at the reserve near Sodwana , north of Natal . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Having non-practising members who , in many instances , have no experience apart from being on the receiving end of audits , has brought a breath of fresh air and realism into board discussions . |
| 29 | ‘ That you ’ Apart from being caught in the act , when the burglar may be identified by the witness concerned , forensic evidence sometimes helps to prove identity . |
| 30 | Apart from being married , he 's got a nasty reputation where the Wrens in this flotilla are concerned . |