The phrase "an exception could be made" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the possibility of allowing something that is normally not permitted or deviating from a standard rule or guideline.
Example: "While our policy is strict, I believe an exception could be made in this case due to the unique circumstances."
Alternatives: "a concession might be granted" or "a special allowance could be provided".
It's not often I feel sorry for bookmakers, but an exception could be made here.
Wyden said an exception could be made for searches for communications of people who are believed to be in danger.
The judge, defense lawyers and prosecutors had initially hoped an exception could be made to permit General Noriega's defense lawyers to be paid a full commercial rate of $250 to $350 per hour.
The staff were forbidden to give presents to patients, but in Naida's case — because Naida had no visitors and no letters and no other home — an exception could be made.
The mayor of Paris has joined with her newly elected London counterpart, Sadiq Khan, in voicing a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump over his call for a ban on Muslims entering the US and his suggestions that an "exception" could be made in the case of Khan.
On a case-by-case basis, an exception could be made if disclosure of an IF detailing a highly penetrant gene, which poses serious risk to the health and well-being of the child's family member, is otherwise preventable and amenable to treatment.
No exception could be made for the pint-size rebel, who sat through the hearing with his hair in a ponytail, manifestly bored.
Exception could be made for women aged above 40 years old, in this latter case, 2 or 3 embryos could be created and implanted in the uterus".
So Mr Cameron sensibly devoted the last section of his speech to, in effect, a desperate plea to them to cut him a break.Surely, he implored, exceptions could be made to "meet the real concerns of a major Member State, one of the biggest net contributors to the EU budget?" And if Mr Cameron fails in his demands for EU change, what then?
She said exceptions could be made on an individual basis, especially involving cases where jurors must evaluate loads of documents.
Still, in that case, Zadvydas v. Davis, the majority also suggested that exceptions could be made for "special circumstances," like if a detainee had a mental illness that caused him to pose a threat to public safety.
