Example sentences of "except the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every bit , that is , except the actual process of setting-up . |
| 2 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 3 | She was too tired to be aware of much except the slight headache which a long journey always gave her , yet she felt curiously light-headed and carefree . |
| 4 | There was no sign of activity except the slight movement of a curtain on the first floor . |
| 5 | Have the housing ready with the glass covering all the compartments except the feeding compartment ( see drawing ) . |
| 6 | This in complete contrast to Holden who , although he criticises other people 's behaviour , does not describe them as individuals ; consequently in ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , there is no serious development of any character except the central figure , whereas in ‘ Villette ’ , several characters are developed . |
| 7 | I thought of nothing except the great happiness of being with him for ever . |
| 8 | The measure was supported by all major parties except the Akali Dal ( Mann ) , which had withdrawn parliamentary support from the National Front coalition government in protest at the proposal . |
| 9 | Although the game is slightly slower on the Master System , all features of the Mega Drive version are there except the instant replay option . |
| 10 | We remembered everything except the all-important commodity to get the lot home . ’ |
| 11 | There was no sound , except the occasional click of a twig falling to the ground . |
| 12 | Exposed shore dog-whelks ( in Osborne 's view ) fit all this except the broad dispersal ability . |
| 13 | Nothing disturbed its cadences as she spoke , except the low accompaniment of the Sheikha 's schoolgirl daughter , who translated gently and continually for me . |
| 14 | No sound , except the lazy drone of the cicadas in the trees . |
| 15 | He 's got this really boring name — Stuart Hughes , I ask you , there 's a career in soft furnishings for you , no qualifications needed except the perfect name , sir , and you 've got it — and he 's quite complacent about answering to it for the rest of his days . |
| 16 | 1 Coarsely chop the oysters , then process for a moment with the rest of the ingredients , except the clarified butter , citrus juice and fresh parsley |
| 17 | I cycled to school one morning through streets littered with glass , and past a little Nonconformist chapel , in which everything had been destroyed except the far wall with its multi-coloured and scrolled message ‘ God is Love ’ . |
| 18 | Coral reefs are among the natural wonders of the world ; richer in species than any other environment except the tropical rain forests . |
| 19 | All except the latter unit meant some form of withdrawal from the use of acute admission facilities at either Claybury or Friern . |
| 20 | Female DNA appears to direct the synthesis of all the amplification products except the ZFY locus . |
| 21 | All the main parties except the communist Party of the Left and the Greens expressed their support for the move . |
| 22 | He looked in the shed but there was nothing except the dank smell of bare , sour soil . |
| 23 | Since Rome has been continuously inhabited ever since , and as Medieval , Renaissance and Modern cities have been built on the same site , very little is left of any of these fora except the excavated site and fragments of buildings . |
| 24 | Brunel would have nothing steeper than 1 in 660 for the first eighty-five miles out of Paddington ; Robert Stephenson planned the London and Birmingham Railway with no gradient steeper than 1 in 330 ( except the first rise from Euston to Camden ) ; and Locke nothing steeper than 1 in 250 on the difficult London and Southampton line . |
| 25 | Two years later , in his essay on Rabelais , the list of enemies has altered — all except the first item : ‘ Railways , factories , chemists and mathematicians . ’ |
| 26 | FROM THE treasury of BBC moving pictures comes a further production of classic action , all set on English fields , all in colour except the first sequence ( the Oval Test of 1968 ) , all pleasant , positive viewing . |
| 27 | Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list . |
| 28 | But in the absence of an adversary , the president has no compass that can guide his actions at the head of that state , except the new requirement to shrink it . |
| 29 | All except the new stranger , the Englishman . |
| 30 | There will be at least two of them , but even if they know each other they wo n't know anybody else except the one man who took them on and will eventually pay them . |