Example sentences of "[noun] except [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His body bore no sign of violence except for a weal around his neck . |
| 2 | There were problems about being the carrier of bills , final demands , and offensive advertising material , but as far as Caro knew Bryony overcame her scruples sufficiently to deliver all mail except for a succession of very obvious plain brown envelopes , which were frequently sent to one particular address on her route . |
| 3 | Then a silence began to fall on every living thing around the Cages except for a Man running , not towards Woil but to the visitor caught by the hand in the talons of Creggan . |
| 4 | Twenty minutes later the Sergeant was showing me my accommodation for the night : a bare cell except for a wooden bunk in one corner and two blankets . |
| 5 | All records are for coastal grasslands except for a party of 27 on Glynde Levels on 26 February 1956 . |
| 6 | To guard their roots the spaces were covered with gratings except for a few inches round the trunk . |
| 7 | Never stash money in the house — either in little tins , jars or under the mattress except for a small amount for use in emergencies . |
| 8 | Money acts as pure directed purpose , since there is no other reason for its existence except as a medium through which ends may be accomplished . |
| 9 | The two had barely exchanged a word in the last twenty minutes except for a short and inconclusive argument as to whether a particularly powerful explosion had been the oil bond store or the workshop of Kerible the Enchanter . |
| 10 | As there is no possible overlap with H-atom orbitals , the MO has the same energy as the oxygen AO except for a small charge effect . |
| 11 | declared , ‘ It has long been a rule well established ( the origin of it I do not recollect ) that you can not get discovery except from a party to your action . |
| 12 | As explained earlier , it is therefore important to avoid the use of independent overflow areas except as a safety precaution ; the one exception to this is when updates are grouped in a few areas . |
| 13 | On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ . |
| 14 | The key aspects of public goods are ( 1 ) that it is technically possible for one person to consume without reducing the amount available for someone else , and ( 2 ) the impossibility of excluding anyone from consumption except at a prohibitive cost . |
| 15 | At the end of the five-year period , no money had been invested in projects for broadcasting except for a new medium wave transmitter in Dar es Salaam . |
| 16 | She was deathly pale , the mid-brown hair flattened to her head , the lined skin without make-up except for a brave but mistaken line of smudged lipstick . |
| 17 | do not personally progress chase except as a final resort . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) No Motion shall be made in the Standing Committee relating to the sitting of the Committee except by a member of the Government , and the Chairman shall permit a brief explanatory statement from the Member who moves , and from a Member who opposes , the Motion , and shall then put the Question thereon . |
| 19 | The crop settles onto the tripod and forms a natural ‘ thatch ’ , which sheds all rain except in a severe gale . |
| 20 | Or are you still going to tell me that you were alone , alone all evening except for a half hour in a café ? ’ |
| 21 | After 5 days in Rotorua we went south to Taupo , a disappointing touristy place except for a lovely walk to the Huka Falls beside the crystal-clear , swirling waters of the Waikato River , and a visit to Cherry Island ( in the river ) where you are warmly greeted by numerous tame animals and birds as you roam around . |
| 22 | This essential motion can not take place except in a liquid medium . |
| 23 | And then I could put it all back in a ponytail except for a bit at the front dripping down . |
| 24 | We are one of about three hundred Amnesty groups in the country , probably about this size , perhaps , well were , were , I mean this , this group is probably about an average for the , you know , the groups in the country , some are smaller , some are much larger , but er , usually it 's about a dozen or so people meeting once a month or , or that often in a room , erm , but apart from groups there are a l there are a great many more people who are called individual members of Amnesty about eighty thousand I think now who are , who just joined by writing to headquarters and many of those have no contact with the groups at all , we 've had list of the people in this area and they run into hundred and fifty , two hundred people who live in this area who er , who belong , who , who belong to Amnesty but do n't actually come to a group except for a small number of us . |
| 25 | There was no sound except for a pigeon burbling to itself in the road , pecking at horse-dung . |
| 26 | Baldwin ( 1954 ) states that 42 per cent of Mexico had ‘ accelerated erosion ’ and so on , although as section 1 of this chapter suggests , it is difficult to know how to gauge the significance of these figures except in a general and qualitative way , which indeed may be sufficient . |
| 27 | To Sigouri was perhaps thirty miles and , although the rain kept away , it was dark and treacherous underfoot and they hardly spoke , men-at-arms or servants or principals , as they guided fresh horses across the grey soil of the Messaoria , splashing over burgeoning rivers ; imperceptible to silent villages , churches and monasteries except by a thud of hooves and the swimming spawn of their brands . |
| 28 | In both therefore it is difficult to speak of political life or political problems except in a limited and rudimentary sense . |
| 29 | The research showed there to be virtually no knowledge among arts projects personnel of available strategies for guiding schools in staff development except for a recognition of criteria by which to identify schools ready for development ( Shipman 's concept of a ‘ healthy school ’ in Slater 1985 ; viz. a recognition of the need for change by the school staff , a supportive headteacher , the active involvement of a senior member of staff , and a professionally interactive staff ) . |
| 30 | It is an absolutely essential part of the nuts and bolts that hold the thing together — though the client rarely meets a traffic person except in a crisis . |