Example sentences of "except for [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cost them anything except for postage and and wo n't therefore cost us anything but postage ? |
| 2 | Multiple selection of courses is not necessary ( except for Law and French which is under a separate quota ) and candidates need only use one space on their application form . |
| 3 | Again no smell except for chrism where the priest had anointed the dead man . |
| 4 | Although this new edition emphasises quark models , there is little on the physics of the nucleus , except for beta-decay and an old fashioned discussion of electron-nucleus scattering . |
| 5 | Plumage mainly brown , very variable , of limited identification value except for underwing and tail bars . |
| 6 | 10.5 Each Party undertakes to each of the other Parties in respect of results generated by it that it will not at any time make any publication or disclosure that would prejudice the rights of any of the other Parties in making IPR applications except for publication or disclosure : |
| 7 | However , subject to the Note below , we will pay to our clients the equivalent of such damages as they would be entitled to receive under English law in an English court for any personal injury to the client including illness or death , caused by the negligence , as understood in English law , of the servants or agents of ourselves or of any of our suppliers contracted or sub-contracted by us to provide any part of the arrangements for your holiday as described in this brochure , or excursions as described above , except for air or sea transportation arrangements for which separate conditions apply ( see 8 opposite ) . |
| 8 | Fare increases ( except for air and ferry tickets ) were , however , frozen until the end of 1990 , and price controls were tightened . |
| 9 | ‘ They 've adopted a sheepdog approach and put priorities on everything , except for environment and university research , ’ says one observer . |
| 10 | The issue caused some friction after the French emergency legislation on August 19 , in the wake of the hospital waste disposal scandal [ see preceding story in this issue ] , banning all waste imports except for waste that was incinerated , composted or recycled in some way . |
| 11 | And to protect their lucrative link-up with the pools companies , the League have agreed that clubs will no longer have the option of moving Saturday games except for television or policing purposes . |
| 12 | The prospects of the party improved somewhat with the adoption at the 1937 conference of an ‘ Immediate Programme ’ of nationalisation for a single term of office : this included all the major measures of the post-war Labour government except for iron and steel , which in any case was not to be fundamentally reorganised before the Labour government left office in 1951 . |
| 13 | Malicious acts and vandalism , except for loss or damage occurring in the circumstances detailed in * The Buildings Unoccupancy Clause in your Policy . |
| 14 | Escape of water from or frost damages to any washing machine dishwasher or plumbed-in domestic water or heating installation , except for loss or damage occurring in the circumstances detailed in *The Buildings Unoccupancy Clause in your Policy . |
| 15 | Theft or attempted theft , except for loss or damage : |
| 16 | There are no charges to pay ( except for interest if you overdraw ) provided on your Current Account : |
| 17 | The rate of value added tax ( VAT ) was to be lowered from 25 to 22 per cent from Jan. 1 , 1993 ; taxes on electricity and fuel for industrial use would be abolished , while the tax on carbon dioxide emissions would be increased to 0.32 kronor per kilogramme of emission except for industry where it would be 0.08 kronor per kilogramme . |
| 18 | These had been drawn without any reference to , or sometimes even without the knowledge of , their inhabitants and therefore had no national or even protonational significance for their populations ; except for colonial-educated and westernised native minorities of varying but generally exiguous size . |
| 19 | When Bosnia 's Serbs rejected the plan , Belgrade declared its border with Bosnia closed except for food and medicines . |
| 20 | ‘ It wo n't cost you anything except for booze and eats . |
| 21 | ‘ It wo n't cost you anything except for booze and eats , ’ Dennis had told me . |