Sentence examples for except for british from inspiring English sources

The region gradually came under Dutch possession, except for British occupation briefly in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

There may not be boots on the ground — except for British, French, and Italian ones, plus clandestine American operatives — but there are now robots in the air.

It includes every single British stamp ever issued - except for 'the British Guiana'.

He reserves particular bile for British composers – excepting his beloved teacher, Frank Bridge.

In his long career, he designed almost nothing else memorable, except some country houses for British aristocrats.

Mr Brown, who has made productivity his thing, has tinkered with grants and education and incentives, but has little to show for it except even more complication for British companies that already complain of overregulation.Britain has also gained from a sensible monetary policy.

It also rose those two days against other major currencies, except for the British pound.

Except for a British interregnum (1812 15), western Timor was Dutch-occupied until the Japanese occupation during World War II.

All World War I-era submarines were propelled by diesels on the surface and by electric motors submerged, except for the British Swordfish and K class.

British reality shows are cursed with inept judges and their viewing figures reflect it after a while, but American programmes do slightly better (except for the British imports they're lumbered with, of course).

In some instances colonial areas were mapped by military forces, but except for the British Survey of India, such efforts usually provided piecemeal coverage or generalized and sketchy data.