Example sentences of "except [that] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know the name or address except that it is a club of some sort . |
| 2 | And nobody even knows the full extent of contamination by trihalomethanes — other suspected carcinogens — except that it is widespread . |
| 3 | The rules for the cameras in committees are essentially the same as in the House , except that it is recognised that it is not possible to exclude shots showing the public , especially those sitting behind the witnesses in a select committee . |
| 4 | I desired with almost sickening intensity something never to be described ( except that it is cold , spacious , severe , pale and remote ) and then , as in the other examples , found myself at the very same moment already falling out of that desire and wishing I were back in it . |
| 5 | It is not too unlike a match rod , in action that is , except that it is slightly more powerful throughout . |
| 6 | ‘ Make love not war ’ is held to be meaningless except that it is a convenient mutual treaty by which humanity favours co-operation and survival , rather than dangerous destruction . |
| 7 | This bequest regarding the income from the land is like a prior legacy — except that it is worded as a trust . |
| 8 | The internal picture would then look exactly like that for the Hall effect in any normal conducting solid , except that it is limited to two dimensions . |
| 9 | I first heard and reviewed a pair of SD Ribbons several years ago ; to look at , the design has scarcely changed in that time , except that it is now obviously more professionally engineered and finished . |
| 10 | It will provide you with two sides of an A4 sheet giving you very little detail about the property except that it is or is not worth the agreed purchase price . |
| 11 | The airport at Singapore is like any other except that it is filled with white men wearing long shorts . |
| 12 | In essence this doubt holds nothing against truth except that it is inconvenient . |
| 13 | ’ Nothing wrong with that , you may think — except that it is completely lifeless . |
| 14 | What they all tell you is that doing business and controlling credit overseas is much the same as it is at home except that it is more complicated and expensive . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a wonderful goal , except that it is not going to be reached overnight . |
| 16 | This means it fights exactly like any other model in hand-to-hand combat except that it is immune to psychology and does not take a break test . |
| 17 | First , one of the most important conceptual changes brought about by the most recent wave of feminism is the general recognition that housework is work in all the conventional senses , except that it is unpaid . |
| 18 | From this it is easy to go one step further and to say that the same thing happens in fictional discourse , except that it is a postulated or imagined model of reality — in short , a fiction — that is transferred to the addressee . |
| 19 | Again , there is no real need to comment — except that it is the media planner 's job both to discourage the creative group from trying to produce massive , spectacular ads when the budget is minimal , and to keep them aware of new ideas and ways of using the media . |
| 20 | Again , there is nothing wrong with it except that it is " do as I say " and not " let's find out what is right for you " . |
| 21 | Its unacceptability would be shared by a great number of people , except that it is a levelling process restricted to a single aspect of human life , whereas the advantages of wealth can operate effectively and valuably in so many others . |
| 22 | This kind of chauvinism is , of course , perfectly normal coming from sections of today 's Conservative Party , except that it is normally directed at the ‘ Anti-British Broadcasting Corporation ’ . |
| 23 | This is not unlike the high-technology if , vestment profile except that it is generalised to situations where the expected risks of high technology are absent . |
| 24 | Right in the middle of an expanse of orderly herringbone there can be a patch , identical to the rest except that it is twisted round at a different angle so that the ‘ weave ’ goes off in another direction . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been left a house in France , end of subject , except that it is my intention — ’ |
| 26 | One can only speculate about the line the UK legislature would take , should it address itself to this problem , except that it is not too difficult to predict that the present administration would change the law so as to minimise the protections afforded to the worker . |
| 27 | ‘ We know nothing of Australia as yet except that it is the land of convicts and kangaroos , & this after 50 years of possession ! |
| 28 | There is no limit to the effects which can be created using this method , except that it is restricted to the use of plain carpet . |
| 29 | A good proportion of Rousettus 's clicks are clearly audible to us ( which by definition makes them sound rather than ultrasound : ultrasound is just the same as sound except that it is too high for humans to hear ) . |
| 30 | The Friendship Store is in the downtown area , and so we had a chance to stop on the way at the Tien An Men Gate ( the famous gate providing an entrance to the forbidden city ) , and Tien An Men Square , Peking 's equivalent of Trafalgar Square , except that it is about 20 times as big , and contains about one-twentieth of the traffic . |