The phrase "away except for the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that everything is removed or absent, with the exception of a specific item or aspect that is being referenced.
Example: "The room was empty, away except for the old chair in the corner."
Alternatives: "absent except for the" or "gone except for the".
The sobriquet might have faded away except for the seven missions that made it stick, his daughter said.
Even the tourists are staying away – except for the Turks who come to see the house where a certain Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was born.
What archaeologists had been studying for generations was simply the equivalent of a European city with everything wiped away except for the churches and cathedrals.
Saraswati is the goddess of fine arts and knowledge, and the solo, after reflecting her diversity, ended in reflective contentment, with all movement tapering away except for the eyebrows, each gently rising and falling in thought.
But on the official calendar of the International Cycling Union, which governs the sport, the Middle East is nearly a blank, its long and level sands stretching far away except for the Tours of Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Qatar.
But as Al Qaeda was put on the run, and spent most of its energies killing other Muslims who didn't toe its line, even its passive support melted away (except for the demented leadership of Hamas).
The health care reform plan will go away, except for all the popular parts, which will magically remain intact.
You check the program to see how many awards precede yours: it's hours away and except for the jelly beans, you've had nothing to eat all day to compete with the two glasses of champagne now roiling inside.
Now they're a stay-away, except for those riveting news conferences when Don Chaney inexplicably receives another extension to his coaching contract.
Benghazi will likely fade away except for among fanatical opponents of Hillary Clinton, but the direction of foreign policy during the Obama administration will not fade away.
When I look at all the spreadsheets that I have, I could throw all of them away except for my pure financial spreadsheets and have the rest of that information on DabbleDB within applications that I create myself.
