Example sentences of "apart [prep] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Apart from being a fascinating story , a study of the development of social policy explains much of the present confusion of services , particularly of their administration . |
| 3 | Unlike Kyle , Mallaig has nothing much to commend it apart from being a busy fishing port and railhead which is , of course , its sole raison d'etre . |
| 4 | Linda Wolfe is , apart from being a trained children 's nurse and midwife , a mother of three young children and two older step-children . |
| 5 | Now Spike , apart from being an excellent navigator , was also something of an amateur Met man and would quote yards of Pick ( an authority on Met forecasting ) at anyone who would listen , and at first he could not believe that we were in an icing situation . |
| 6 | Apart from being an accomplished violinist , the pupil at Victoria College prep' department also plays the piano and recorder , sings in the local choir , is a ballet and an Irish dancer . |