Example sentences of "except that [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For preference shares may often be virtually indistinguishable from debentures except that they afford less assurance of getting one 's money back or a return on it until one does . |
| 2 | On the return of No. 16 to Sutton , the remainder of the J type were sent to Hendon one at a time and similarly rebuilt , except that they retained four windows . |
| 3 | ‘ Except that you admitted last night that you do n't lead an absolutely pure life yourself , I could almost believe that you 're one of those buttoned-up celibates , offended by the mere idea of any sort of relationship , even if it 's between other people . ’ |
| 4 | Although there is no contemporary account of his methods , except that he surveyed several stretches of coastline from a boat , in general his maps are impressively accurate and much more detailed than anything previously available for most parts of Ireland . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't remember after that , except that he drank several cups of coffee , and some wine and some water after he returned to the table . |
| 6 | A solitary predator it resembled the grey wolf , except that it had two horns — one long ivory one in the centre of its forehead , and the other a squat and curved tusk at the tip of its nose . |
| 7 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 8 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 9 | What we now call Euclidean space-time is very similar except that it has four dimensions instead of two . |
| 10 | Well , I did it alone , just with the help of Crossroads , and the district nurse in , in the mornings , five days a week and really that is all the help I had , except that I get domestic staff myself , and any help that I need , I have to pay for . |