noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
notable exception
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Every country in the world signed the treaty, with one notable exception – the United States.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
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The personal community charge is paid by all resident adults over 18 years of age with certain exceptions .
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Thus, with certain limited exceptions , rape remains essentially a crime involving violence or the threat of it.
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There are certain exceptions to this such as pregnant women.
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With certain limited exceptions all care provisions require a permit by the youth department in order to be allowed to function.
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For example, although in the last chapter I advocated a policy of not hoarding, there are certain exceptions .
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It also provides certain exceptions to the general prohibition.
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There are certain exceptions , for example on industrial property where no empty rate is payable at all.
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The cover is subject to certain exceptions , detailed in the policy.
important
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But there has been an important exception .
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This exception to the general rule that perks are taxable is the most important exception.
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There is one important exception to this which is related to the approval process.
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I have often observed to you, Watson, how important the exception which disproves the rule can be.
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There are two important exceptions to this general rule.
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An important exception to this principle exists in the case of buildings.
major
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The recommendations of the Redcliffe-Maud Commission were the major exception to this generalisation.
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However, we are making one major exception .
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Initial reports on cross-references by major exception conditions were provided on delivery of the system.
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The major exceptions were the Decembrists.
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The major exceptions have been counties in the mining areas where there has been a basis for Labour support.
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There was one major exception which worked well - the Civil Contingencies Unit created after the 1972 miners' strike.
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Very few projects are definitely approved, with the Space Telescope the major exception .
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The major exception to this, the palace shops, have had great success.
minor
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Third, Tempo 30 would be introduced throughout the experimental area, with only minor exceptions .
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With minor exceptions , the Soviet Union fell apart in peace.
notable
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The divisions which accompanied Mrs Thatcher's election to the leadership in 1975 have, with one notable exception , faded.
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With notable exceptions , adobe slowly is giving way to cinder block and other inexpensive modern materials.
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With a few notable exceptions , the policy should be similar to that advocated for younger subjects.
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Yes, there have been notable but few exceptions .
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However, there are some notable exceptions .
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The tremor is generally diminished or abolished on purposeful movements, but there are notable exceptions to this.
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Apart from a few notable exceptions , all they care about is feet through the door and selling beer.
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But while most of Merseyside is invited along, there is one notable exception .
only
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The only exception are the birds.
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Third, Tempo 30 would be introduced throughout the experimental area, with only minor exceptions .
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The only exceptions are the Exhibition Hall and the Library Shop, which will operate as normal.
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The only exception to this rule is where the value has been fraudulently inflated by the Policyholder.
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The only exception was his Challenge Rating for Stranraer.
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The only exception to this procedure was on those days that we went to a service in the church.
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The only exception was the C.O. He leaned his backside against a table, arms folded.
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The only exception is that some mosquitoes prefer drinking blood from group A for some reason.
possible
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No other recipe causes so much grief, with the possible exception of chicken soup - but that's another saga!
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All, with the possible exception of employer conflicts, apply with equal force to dropout rates from public schools.
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Gap junctions are distributed in a wide variety of tissues, with the possible exceptions of adult skeletal muscles and most neurones.
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And it is hardly surprising that she did not think of tongue speaking as a possible exception .
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Each story was separate and passed on in isolation with the possible exception of the story of the Passion.
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The possible exception is Pietro Tenerani, a contemporary of Canova.
rare
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With rare exceptions , very few patients either understand or utilize the data on physician credentials that are available to them.
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With rare exceptions , it was also inordinately expensive.
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So the explosions have been rare , the exceptions which proved the rule.
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Order and group conformity through bureaucratic systematization became the rule of the day; disobedience and open rebellion the rare exception .
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In nature the green form lives in green places and the yellow form in yellow and brown places, with rare exceptions .
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With one rare exception , all such cell membranes permit translocation in only one direction.
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Human rights activists say that case is a rare exception .
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With rare exceptions , world champions are bullied and beaten into fighting shape on the streets.
significant
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Usually this will be a scalar polynomial curvature singularity, but a large class of significant exceptions occurs.
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But with the significant exception of presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, few prominent Republicans have addressed those issues in recent months.
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There is one significant exception to this and that is the use of budgetary accounting.
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The sequence of observations was broadly the same with one significant exception .
single
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Mindless gentry - with a single decent exception .
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There has not been a single exception .
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Every single thing without exception has gone wrong today.
■ VERB
make
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They had made an exception , but she still had to come in and read it.
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However, we are making one major exception .
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All the same, they do apply with sufficient frequency to make the exceptions notable.
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The only way to control consumption is to issue food in small quantities, and not make exceptions .
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In the examples they mentioned most often, they had made an exception for a subordinate: My biggest mistake so far.
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Yet when Henry abolished the right of wreck throughout his dominions he made an exception of Brittany.
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Well, Mr Nice made one exception to a rule and discovered he had created a monster.
prove
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Alexander Proudfoot, chaired by Lord Stevens, however, has so far proved a glowing exception to that rule.
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But Wisley may prove the exception .
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Conversation between strange women at the beginning of a party is often strained and this occasion proved to be no exception .
take
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They had not taken exception to it before, so why start now?
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What I take exception to is the manner in which we are presently carrying out our naval preparations.
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Owen thought for a moment that he was taking exception to the casual obscenity, but it was not that.
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Paul took exception to her advice and resigned.
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No one could possibly take exception to this Mathis infant.
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Louise picked out a pretty little pink dress that nobody could possibly take exception to and so honour was satisfied.
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But Richard Gere took exception to the questions even being asked.
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The man appeared to take violent exception to a Liverpool football t-shirt Terry was wearing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Most couples who break up seem to find it hard to remain friends. Kim and Gerry are exceptions to that rule.
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Most of the students did well, though there were one or two exceptions.
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With a few minor exceptions, the legal system in the two countries is very similar.
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Women do not usually get to the top in politics, but there have been a few notable exceptions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A curious fact which might seem at first to constitute an exception to this explanation turns out to provide further confirmation of it.
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After discussion it was agreed that the Committee be re-elected as it was, with two exceptions.
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I had no choice but to cut back to a hands-off style-getting involved in exceptions only.
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The big exception is the most vital crop of all: sugar.
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There are exceptions, of course.
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There are many exceptions, though: In some but not most traditional human societies, men move to women.
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There is, however, an exception .
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With rare exceptions, world champions are bullied and beaten into fighting shape on the streets.