But excluding the small fry is dangerous as well.
But excluding the reorganization charge, its profit was $370 million, an increase of 20percentt.
"The court papers, but excluding the ballots, left this building at 9 30 this morning".
But excluding the transportation sector, durable goods orders were flat in August.
But excluding the volatile automobile category, retail sales fell 0.3percentt in last month.
But excluding the first day of trading, the numbers tell a different story.
On a pretax basis the company expects to lose €6bn but excluding the impairment charges, the loss would be €200m.
But excluding the arts or extra-curricular activities isn't the answer: "If I trained for a marathon, I would probably succeed.
Revenue rose 4percentto to $1.56 billion, from $1.51 billion, but excluding the effects of foreign exchange swings revenues would have risen 1percentt.
The assessment works by combining all the costs linked to a housing development, including a 20% margin for the developer but excluding the land price.
It emerged last week that the remedy package submitted to the European Commission also includes selling off Parlophone, but excluding the Beatles, both as a group and individually.
