Sentence examples for brilliant except for from inspiring English sources

Rosen's strategy was brilliant, except for one thing: from the beginning, ticket buyers hated the fees.

Page A28 Op-Ed GAIL COLLINS Do you recall the Republican theory -- brilliant except for its utter wrongness -- of Starve the Beast?

That was, you will remember, the Republican theory — brilliant except for its utter wrongness — that if you cut taxes enough, the lack of revenue would force Congress to reduce the size of government.

Today, little remains of the former settlement at Brilliant except for Verigin's tomb.

John Sauven, from longstanding climate change campaigners Greenpeace, surprised the room by saying that "fossil fuels are brilliant", before caveating "except for the downsides.

Germany, on the other hand, have played brilliant football (except for one game), have a great team of young players filled with confidence and trounced two other great teams 4-1 and 4-0 in the knockout stages.

"He was a brilliant lyricist, probably unequaled except for my favorite, Sondheim," Dr. Levine said of Porter.

Except for "Brilliant Disguise," a song about a troubled marriage that Mr. Springsteen sang in harmony with his wife, Patti Scialfa, there were few old hits before the encores.

For almost four decades he criss-crossed Flyover America as many as 200 times a year, largely uninterested in playing to the choir of coastal media except for brilliant biannual HBO specials, building a devoted following of millions a few thousand at a time.

A brilliant camp for families".

Brilliant, thanks for that.