Example sentences of "except when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What such an identification involved becomes apparent in Prisoner in a passage which renders the crucial difference not one of colour , yet by the same criterion reinstates the distinction between blacks and whites : ‘ What separates us from the Blacks today is not so much the colour of our skin or the type of our hair as the phantom-ridden psyche we never see except when a Black lets fall some joking and to us cryptic phrase . |
| 2 | In practice , this has very seldom happened except when a local business has accepted a very dependent relationship with an outside investor . |
| 3 | This mixture of fish gets on fine in my tank , except when a week after buying them , the Rainbows spawned which caused chaos as they pushed everything to the other end of the tank . |
| 4 | In dense jungle or tall grass the shooting was usually done from elephant back , a comparatively safe exercise except when a cornered tiger sprang at the howdah in which the shikari and his gun-bearer were poised on the elephant . |
| 5 | Ah , perhaps he who gazed so much into the warp existed on a more ethereal plane … except when a Meh'Lindi was around . |
| 6 | The night air was cool and sweet , the country dark limitless ; he picked his way along the road almost by instinct , except when a quarter moon found a space between clouds . |
| 7 | You will probably be responsible for the first £35 of each claim in respect of baggage , money , medical expenses and cancellation and curtailment ( except when a claim is made for the initial holiday deposit ) . |
| 8 | Except when a gull blows through |
| 9 | The system is economical because it uses no power or CO2 except when a product is being packed . |
| 10 | Except when a group has only one constituent , one constituent of every group will be identified as the strong constituent for whatever reason : Cureton gives rules for establishing the grouping structure of a text . |
| 11 | Except when a member wants to make a point of order during a division . |
| 12 | I have witnessed many occasions when foreigners have unintentionally caused misunderstanding or even offence in speaking to an English person , but can remember very few occasions when this could be attributed to ‘ using the wrong intonation ’ except when a mistake caused a difference in apparent grammatical meaning ( something that is dealt with in the next chapter ) . |
| 13 | Many parents use avoidance strategies either by alternating the environment in some way , for example removing ornaments from low shelving , or by setting rules like banning felt tips except when an adult is supervising . |
| 14 | Major and minor 2nds are perhaps best avoided except when an open string can be used e.g. : ( transpose a fifth or a ninth higher for the other strings ) . |
| 15 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 16 | For all that , though , it should not be especially difficult — except when the nerves are jangling ; except when it 's this for the Masters . |
| 17 | The ruck — ball on the ground — attracts the same experimental variation except when the referee is unable to determine the team responsible . |
| 18 | ‘ The same will apply to a ruck if the ball becomes unplayable except when the referee is unable to determine the team responsible . |
| 19 | If we were asking this question of an amphibian or reptile , which lays its eggs and goes away to live solitarily except when the mating season comes around again , we would answer it purely in terms of the physical ecology of the species . |
| 20 | Furthermore , repeated wars have demonstrated the inability of outsiders to contain the virulence of the conflict once they felt this was desirable , except when the superpowers were both agreed on the necessity to rein in their clients . |
| 21 | Driving was easy from the spacious cab , except when the electric brake failed , which sometimes happened ! |
| 22 | Easter is when Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is shown on television and when schoolchildren get a holiday — except when the educational authorities do not have their Easter holidays at Easter . |
| 23 | Outward signs of selfless generosity override the expression of personal needs and insecurities , except when the relationship is threatened by the advances of a third party . |
| 24 | Jess could n't see except when the birds rose up an instant only to fall back , this time with Damocles mounted and digging in his spurs . |
| 25 | Except when the vine is dormant , sap rises to the top of every shoot and the uppermost bud of a shortened stem is the one that will burst into growth first . |
| 26 | Interim results rarely contain reports from auditors , except when the figures need to be audited because of a major transaction or flotation . |
| 27 | When the concentration of CO 2 was doubled , the area of depleted ozone increased , but otherwise there was little change in the ozone behaviour , except when the effects of ozone radiative feedbacks were included in the model . |
| 28 | They cling to her hands , legs , skirt constantly , except when the playworkers arrive . |
| 29 | The accused , if committed , is given copies of the depositions , but is not provided with copies of the statements taken by the police except when the Crown intends to call a witness who did not give evidence at the preliminary inquiry , in which case the Crown will serve the defence with a notice of intention and a copy of the witness 's statement . |
| 30 | Future separation did n't exist , except when the long arm of the telephone reached into the room . |