Example sentences of "[noun] except for the fact [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A and B might well have features in common from the outset ( the c elements in the figure ) and these will produce primary generalization — training on A will give associative strength to stimulus elements that are present also in B. The X representation functions in just the same way as the c elements in producing generalization except for the fact that the ability of A and B to activate X is based on prior conditioning . |
| 2 | It was good fun except for the fact that it was extremely cold and we had the wrong Bethlehem carol sheet . |
| 3 | When it landed , the Americans had no steps tall enough to reach it , a gratifying start except for the fact that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and his party had to climb down an emergency ladder hand over hand . |
| 4 | Equation ( 8.22 ) is the expression for the combinatorial entropy of mixing of an athermal polymer solution and comparison with equation ( 8.7 ) shows that they are similar in form except for the fact that now the volume fraction is found to be the most convenient way of expressing the entropy change , rather than the mole fraction used for small molecules . |
| 5 | This would be a consumer sale except for the fact that the goods are not consumer goods within the meaning of s 12(1) ( c ) . |
| 6 | In February 1756 reference is made to four illustrations ‘ sent some time since by our friend , Mr. Collinson ’ and Miller said he would have sent others except for the fact that he had been waiting for better colourists . |