Example sentences of "except in a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 2 | Except in a few cases , where the law states that a product must be sold at a fixed price ( ie all retailers must charge the same price ) , retailers can charge what they like ! |
| 3 | Except in a few cases , formal inspections will not have been frequent enough to build up the kind of collective experience that HMIs have . |
| 4 | He claims that none of the release sites have been sufficiently far from the home loft to rule out the use of such cues , except in a few cases , such as trans-Atlantic displacement , and in these the evidence of homing is very weak . |
| 5 | A bit late : the bank 's growth in lending , and therefore its leverage , except in a few countries like China , Vietnam and Argentina , is likely to slow in the coming years . |
| 6 | Among adolescents , there is a feeling that Creole is appropriate " among friends " of the same generation , but not for use with parents , except in a few circumstances . |
| 7 | Nor did Egypt , which is after all a long way to the east of Cyrene ( Athens being nearer to Cyrene than is the Nile ) make much impact except in a few points of ritual . |