Example sentences of "[to-vb] except [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went often , partly because I enjoyed dancing and partly because we were offered the most delicious cakes , of a sort that was almost impossible to obtain except on the black market . |
| 2 | Deviance arises when stimulation and enjoyment are difficult to obtain except through the fetish . |
| 3 | They made it a rule never to pay , never to bribe , never to threaten to prosecute except in the case of dealers who could sell a young orang for several hundred pounds on the black market . |
| 4 | Not only were there also one or two very old statutes to which resort could be made , but the common law of conspiracy was generally held to preclude collective actions designed to harm employers ' interests : " it is not the denial to work except for more wages than is allowed by statute , but it is for a conspiracy to raise their wages , for which these defendants are indicted " , concluded a famous judgement against some striking tailors of Cambridge in 1721 . |
| 5 | I know I told you not to write except in emergency but I did n't mean it . |
| 6 | ‘ I have to play with pain-killing injections and I 'm not able to train except for a short time doing set-pieces on a Friday . ’ |
| 7 | By the time they returned to the table for the Christmas pudding John Harbour had moved and there was nowhere for her to sit except beside O'Hara . |
| 8 | Commentators noted that the decree might prove impossible to implement except by force . |
| 9 | He pulled on the goggles but still there was nothing to see except for the red embers of a dying fire emanating from some unknown source . |
| 10 | And there is nowhere to go except to England . |
| 11 | It takes little thought to see that someone who is physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair may still lead a very full life if his mental and higher faculties are in good order whereas a physically fit but totally demented person has little left to give and little capacity to receive except for physical care and a little love . |
| 12 | The soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life . |
| 13 | I do n't know what to suggest except for God 's sake be careful . |
| 14 | However , the steepness of its banks made it impossible for vehicles to cross except by the bridge at the southern and of the town which , in 1815 , was only two and a half yards wide at its broadest point . |
| 15 | A journalist in the US would rarely be subpoenaed to testify except in a fairly serious criminal case , according to Mr James Michael , senior lecturer in communication and information law at University College , London . |
| 16 | A dual simplex iteration returns to P2/T5 except for the resource column , which has . |
| 17 | ‘ Fellows around here do n't know what to do except with a radius of about three hundred yards . |
| 18 | Preference shares normally carry no rights to vote except on a resolution for the winding up of the company , or to modify the rights attaching to the shares . |
| 19 | In summer readily distinguished from Black Tern by conspicuous white forewing , rump and tail , shorter stouter reddish-brown bill , but in winter hard to separate except by lack of dark spot on side of breast , paler rump or brighter red legs . |
| 20 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 21 | Two or three numbers might be required as input to a calculation lasting several hours , impossible to accomplish except by computer and producing only a small volume of output . |
| 22 | Deposits of late-glacial age that accumulated in small closed basins within glacial drift in the valleys are now often covered by a thick mantle of peat and are difficult to locate except by extensive systematic borings . |
| 23 | Similarly , he is entitled ( subject to contrary agreement ) to refuse to pay except in exchange for taking delivery of the goods , section 28 . |
| 24 | Many argue that pensions represent a social contract between each generation and its children , whose terms are hard to alter except over many years . |
| 25 | In practice , this is unlikely to happen except on a small scale in the present political climate . |
| 26 | But then he would have been calm , I supposed , if he had n't been expecting anything to happen except before Vancouver . |
| 27 | That 's all I want to say except to er , who , that Synod received the report of the Church and Society committee ? |
| 28 | Duck rather more rufous than duck eider , but otherwise very hard to distinguish except by larger proportion of bill covered with feathers , especially at sides ; bare pan not extending right back past eye , as with Eider . |
| 29 | Female and immature very hard to distinguish except by pale claws . |
| 30 | Closed circuit TV or videotape can present to a large class visual stimuli in close-up that would otherwise be impossible to show except to individuals , as well as include out-of-school experience from schools broadcasts and specially recorded field work . |