Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] few exceptions " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the themes running through The State of the Prisons is that with a few exceptions , neither numbers nor conditions of prisoners have changed very much since Howard first visited . |
| 2 | One of the few exceptions is Marks & Spencer . |
| 3 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 4 | Carter brought her little enough , and this was one of the few exceptions . |
| 5 | Most concentrated on the popular view of Best , with Smash Hits one of the few exceptions , as they churlishly explained to their readers : ‘ He was a former footballing hero who used to get raddled a lot . ’ |
| 6 | One of the few exceptions is a small factory , mainly employing women , which produces electronic components . |
| 7 | The size of the taps throughout the house is one of the few exceptions to scale , as an exact one twelfth in the plumbing system would have been too small for water to run through the pipes . |
| 8 | One of the few exceptions to this was Stonehenge , which always seems to have been regarded as extremely old and to have excited theories about how the lintels were raised : one early theory was that the magician Merlin placed the stones . |
| 9 | One of the few exceptions is the beaver . |
| 10 | One of the few exceptions was a full-page abstract sketch in felt tip ; it was labelled ‘ Cyril 's Mind ( Rear View ) ’ . |
| 11 | Most of the world 's remaining food genes are in the Third World which is where most food species come from — though the apple is actually one of the few exceptions , having originated in northern Eurasia . |
| 12 | One of the few exceptions has been the toothpaste market in Europe and the United States . |