Example sentences of "one of [art] [adj] exceptions " in BNC.
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| 1 | Porridge is one of the all-time exceptions . |
| 2 | Even if one of the two exceptions applies , dismissal will still be unfair if at the time of the dismissal there was a suitable alternative vacancy which was not offered in accordance with the detailed requirements of the employment protection legislation . |
| 3 | Thus , if O were not the owner but had , for example stolen the car ( or bought it from someone who had stolen it ) then the true owner ( i. e. from whom the car was stolen ) will still have good title ( i. e. unless one of the other exceptions to the nemo dat principle applies ) . |
| 4 | However , if the bailor was not the owner but had , for example , stolen them before leaving them for repair or treatment , etc. then the true owner will still have good title ( i.e. unless one of the other exceptions to the nemo dat principle applies ) . |
| 5 | Large wooded areas are rare in Pembrokeshire due to the strong winds and salt spray , but Cwm Gwaun , a few miles east of Fishguard , is one of the notable exceptions to the rule . |
| 6 | One of the few exceptions is Marks & Spencer . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Carter brought her little enough , and this was one of the few exceptions . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | One of the few exceptions is a small factory , mainly employing women , which produces electronic components . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One of the few exceptions is the beaver . |
| 14 | One of the few exceptions was a full-page abstract sketch in felt tip ; it was labelled ‘ Cyril 's Mind ( Rear View ) ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | One of the few exceptions has been the toothpaste market in Europe and the United States . |
| 17 | In response , the stores appear first to have sought the protection of one of the specified exceptions to the prohibition in section 47 , viz. the sale of motor accessories . |
| 18 | One of the interesting exceptions was Antoine Arnauld . |