Example sentences of "except for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years they have been streamlined to the point where they are totally identical , except for the name and the cover . |
| 2 | Central to their economic strategy was a commitment to reduce public expenditure ( except for the law and order budget ) and the breaking of the power of the trade unions . |
| 3 | There are no committee members , no officers , and no hard plans for the future , except for the hope that the people at this meeting will go out and spread the word in other parts of the country . |
| 4 | ‘ No one , except for the parson and the undertaker 's men . |
| 5 | He picked up the canvas shoulder-bag , which was empty except for the map and a compass . |
| 6 | It was like a dance without music , silence through the whole barn except for the tapping and the quiet thud of the hoofs . |
| 7 | This meant that on the blonde version the entire bass — body , neck and fingerboard — was light-coloured wood , except for the scratchplate and the front of the headstock . |
| 8 | Seems reasonable , except for the fact that he has n't cut the mortises for the mullions . |
| 9 | It 's terrible if you take a lot of it because it 's just bad for your personality — not for your health , except for the fact that you get thin . |
| 10 | Well , that was all fine and dandy , except for the fact that there was n't one sign in clones for the Kilturk checkpoint . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Except for the fact that she is n't meant to be Jewish , we are in stock Jewish-mother territory . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A third possibility connected with the idea that life on Earth originated from space is manifestly a nonsense — except for the fact that some remarkably distinguished scientists have supported it , the most recent of them being Francis Crick , winner with lames Watson and Maurice Wilkins of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in unravelling the structure of DNA , the ‘ double helix ’ . |
| 16 | Then , in the early part of this century , the quantum theory appeared ; its details need not concern us except for the fact that it implied that all forms of matter and energy came in tiny discrete packages called quanta ( by ‘ discrete ’ is meant that you can not have half a quantum ) . |
| 17 | It was good fun except for the fact that it was extremely cold and we had the wrong Bethlehem carol sheet . |
| 18 | Except for the fact that they have the boat , they do n't seem to be obvious candidates for a really good time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The bare infinitive expresses a possibility which was not realized in this use and is therefore conceived in the same way as it is with the modal auxiliaries , as a mere potential , except for the fact that no particular form of potentiality is attributed to it . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | On the other hand , a contract which , under such conflict of laws provisions , would be governed by the laws of any part of the UK , except for the fact that the parties inserted a governing law clause specifying a foreign proper law , may still be caught by the UCTA . |
| 23 | I know absolutely nothing about this authoress , except for the fact that she has written many other horror stories . |
| 24 | The body 's asleep , drunk , inert except for the arm and the hand . |
| 25 | She had been mean with money all her life , using her daughter and granddaughter as servants , and even herself at times during the last seven or so years as unhired help , except for the time that Rosie was here . |
| 26 | Except for the drumming and chanting coming from the temple , and the photo display of the horrors of VD which had attracted a huge audience of twelve-year-olds . |
| 27 | All thoughts and concepts , at least , except for the stranger and his blue box . |
| 28 | Just such a perspective was provided by the New Testament , the gospel of good news , with its doctrines of incarnation , resurrection and atonement , which separated Christians from Jews and in the process did away with the shadow-land of Sheol , except for the heathen and the damned . |
| 29 | Disabled access is available at all venues except for the Hospitium and Bedern Hall . |
| 30 | When he went inside , the place was deserted except for the barman and Devlin at the piano . |