Example sentences of "is except " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've never been quite sure what the attraction is except that the job is n't boring and it gives me a private life . ’ |
| 2 | Broadly speaking the more immediate the feedback the more effective it is except that there comes a point at which , to use Miller 's ( 1953 ) distinction , learning feedback becomes action feedback , the latter improves the current response whereas the former improves succeeding responses . |
| 3 | All that is except for the vast Hotel Continental and the grid lines of an abortive speculative development high on the cliff top overlooking the old railway cutting . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's our great local mystery at the moment ; nobody knows who the father is except , perhaps , Cissie , and if she knows she 's not telling . ’ |
| 5 | Undivided that is except for the demands of my working life . |