Sentence examples for Present, save for from inspiring English sources

Inspired by her own honeymoon there, du Maurier spends the opening pages painting a picture of an area whose past has left little trace on the present, save for a sense of "strange enchantment" – which is true of most remote places, really, and anyone who chooses to spend most of their time in them.

No parents are present save for a father drunkenly passed out in a small living room in the film's opening sequence.

The present council, save for one or perhaps two members, are rapidly heading down the path of being downright embarrassing.

The PlayStation 4's interface appears simple at first, with its frequent reliance on long, horizontal rows of tiles to present choices, but, save for the occasional lush splash screen highlighting a movie to rent in the store, it quickly feels both staid and cumbersome.

As the Vanguard Group's founder and senior chairman, John Bogle, says, "Investing is an act of faith, a willingness to postpone present consumption and save for the future….

It is present in all habitats save for the most extreme desert conditions, tropical rainforests and the top of alpine mountains.

The Pall Mall Gazette stated that "the court presented an appearance which, save for the dignity of its own fittings and its rows of learned-looking law books, might have been taken for a theatre at a fashionable matinée", with society ladies watching proceedings with opera glasses or lorgnettes.

Bigger presents were saved for Reyes, The Three Kings, after the New Year.

Every quarter from 1982 on, monetary policy has been guided by the spot price of a collection of commodities, save for our present period [2005-2010].

Your relationship with the graduate often deems how much you have to save for their graduation present.

On Tuesday several groups opposed to same-sex marriage demonstrated outside the court, but they seem to have melted away, save for the ever-present Westboro baptist church.