Sentence examples for a spectacular exception from inspiring English sources

Hyperion is a spectacular exception to the rule in which tidal interactions force moons into synchronous rotation.

A spectacular exception was the alleged diary of Adolf Hitler, a forgery that temporarily deceived the distinguished British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper in 1983.

The circus in Britain also declined during the 1920s, although the circuses produced by Bertram Mills, a wealthy undertaker who had invented the glass hearse, were a spectacular exception to the rule.

"Zara is a spectacular exception to the rule".Starting with basic fabric dyeing, almost all Zara's clothes take shape in a design-and-manufacturing centre in La Coruna, with most of the sewing done by seamstresses from 400 local co-operatives.

Yet with a few spectacular exceptions, the capital has remained violence free.

One spectacular exception is a report written by Captain Roy S. Hall, a retired United States Army weatherman, of a tornado that struck McKinney, Texas, on May 3 , 1948

With the spectacular exception of a hat-trick at Headingley, which initially escaped his own notice, he'd failed to match the standards set by Anderson and seemed to be struggling mentally as much physically to cope with his niggling knee.

The spectacular exception to this trend came in early June when it was announced that JK Rowling was donating £1m to the no campaign.

There is, however, one spectacular exception to the rule, and that is the mini-group of London restaurants run by Nigel Platts-MartiNigel

With one spectacular exception, when his view of Kevin Pietersen inadvertently infiltrated the airwaves last summer, he has been far too measured for this type of work.

Of course, there are spectacular exceptions.