Sentence examples for a shining exception from inspiring English sources

FOR the past few years Germany has been a shining exception to Europe's economic weakness.

In a season of body blows to the Dodger brand, he has been a shining exception.

A shining exception is solar-powered water heaters, of which China has more than any other country.

On a continent undermined by political instability and ethnic divisions, Ivory Coast had long been a shining exception.

FRANKFURT — Deutsche Bank fancies itself a shining exception to the prevailing view that giant banks need rescuing by governments.

But to others the system represents a shining exception to what Brazilians call panelinha, the habit of giving preference to one's connections.

Is Linux a single, shining exception to the do-it-yourself norm?

Ian Jack is a rare and shining exception to that rule".The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain" is a collection of his writing over the past 20 years, including newspaper columns and longer essays.

THE last movie Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch worked on was "Duplex," a Ben Stiller vehicle with Drew Barrymore that was a bit of a dud, with one shining exception: the set.

Cyril Smith who has died at the age of 82, was a great, if not always shining, exception.

One shining exception is the Palazzo Mocenigo, a grand 16th-century home near San Marco belonging to Francesca Bortolotto Possati, owner of the Hotel Bauer and Il Palazzo, and newly available to rent.