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The phrase "except for being" is correctly used and acceptable in written English.
It is typically used to denote something that is true or can be accepted while also pointing a difference in the same context. For example, "The two countries have many similarities, except for being on opposite sides of the world."
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Except for being dead of course.
The positron resembles the electron in all respects except for being positively rather than negatively charged.
The area experienced the similar treatments to the coupons except for being weighed.
Except for being all male, they were an ideal American mosaic: black, white and brown faces.
He's never done anything for me, except for being one big bore".
Except for being in his office in the Jets' complex, Parcells has virtually been invisible.
Except for being unable to replenish his threadbare wardrobe, he considered himself a very lucky man.
Except for being a little short, Foley looks the part of golf guru.
UPN's president, Dean Valentine, said the sitcom was not about slavery except for being set during Lincoln's Presidency.
I do not recall Italian food except for being sick in the Hassler Hotel from eating too much Perugia chocolate.
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There may have been jackets that--except for being set in Greece--more totally misrepresented a text, but in more than half a century of reviewing, I don't recall one.
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