Sentence examples for except for national from inspiring English sources

But for now, Mr. McCain added, "except for national missile defense, I don't know what the Rumsfeld vision is.

The legislation, now an amendment to the 1991 Defense Department authorization bill, would also open up all Federal lands, except for national parks, to possible oil exploration.

For 75 uninterrupted years, since before the outbreak of the second world war, every day except for national holidays and the occasional Sunday, Jiro has spent all of his time devoted to doing just one thing: making sushi.

The strategic direction of conservative political thought over the past 30 to 50 years has been to minimise the consensus on the extent of public goods: to argue that there are almost no areas of the economy or society in which government has a constructive role to play, except for national defence, and a few other areas such as law enforcement.

That decision also listed subjects Congress couldn't legislate except for "national purposes".

The number of national and public childcare institutes increased from 1,330 in 2002 to 1,943 in 2006; other types of facilities except for national and public centers grew from 20,817 to 27,590 over the four years, indicating the portion of national and public centers decreased.

Except for the national championship, no large prizes are involved.

The city will also be solely responsible for the operating costs of the island, except for the national monument, which will remain under the control of the National Park Service.

"Everybody knew it here, in Spain, everywhere, except for the national coach [Del Bosque].

One issue in the court case was the following clause of the Census Act: "except for [the national head count,] the Secretary [of Commerce] shall, if he considers it feasible, authorize the use of [sampling]" in Census Bureau activities.

"The secretary was not to be disturbed except for a national emergency but it was all right to disturb the President on lesser matters.