Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a few exceptions " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many meet the strictest safety standards but there are a few exceptions . |
| 2 | There are a few exceptions to the general rule that no one can make a transfer of goods who is not the owner . |
| 3 | There are a few exceptions : one selective insecticide , diflubenzuron , affects the synthesis of chitin , the tough protein that forms the insect exoskeleton . |
| 4 | Though most usually the name given to kindly domestic spirits , there are a few exceptions . |
| 5 | There are a few exceptions amongst the sea slugs which are herbivorous belonging to the Aplysia family and commonly called sea hares . |
| 6 | But there are a few exceptions in the seed-eating species like finches and buntings . |
| 7 | Gaseous or diffuse nebulæ , which we know to be stellar birthplaces , are in general rather disappointing binocular objects , though there are a few exceptions such as M42 , the Sword of Orion ( not to be confused with the Sword-Handle in Perseus ) . |
| 8 | There are a few exceptions which I will come back to later , but generally ‘ government ’ is used interchangeably with ‘ state ’ . |
| 9 | There were a few exceptions to prove the rule , but by and large the Commons looked as if it were fighting the class war rather than debating the need for the protection of wild mammals . |
| 10 | True , there were a few exceptions to this rule-of-thumb , plus OBOE and GEE-H , the main agents for precision marking . |