Example sentences of "is [adj] except " in BNC.
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| 31 | The most serious attack by wood-boring beetles can cause structural damage , but this is rare except in older houses , nearly all of which have some kind of local attack . |
| 32 | Sulphur hexafluoride itself is harmless except in a confined space , where it displaces oxygen and can asphyxiate people . |
| 33 | It is 2215 hours , and the team room in a Detachment of 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company is quiet except for the steady drone of the television in the corner and the occasional outburst from the Province Incident Radio Net ( PIN ) . |
| 34 | Its prevalence is unknown except that , in a retrospective analysis two years after cholecystectomy , eight of 93 patients were said to have loose stools and bouts of watery diarrhea . |