Sentence examples for except for the extraordinary from inspiring English sources

The Germans had lost contact with their base at Tondern, and the truth of their deaths might have sunk with them, except for the extraordinary chance that a bottle containing their last messages was washed up on the Swedish coast six months later.

Iran's celebrations after a 0-0 drawithth Nigeria were nothing visually special except for the extraordinary contrast between the jeers of bored Brazilian spectators and the ecstasy of the Asians at their first clean sheet since the 1978 finals.

I was not searching for the extraordinary.

Except for one extraordinary twist, the raid on Apartment 10B in March 1996 would have vanished long ago into the dense annals of New York crime-fighting.

Quantitative analyses showed that the detected oil slicks moved southward, corresponding to the prevailing wind and tidal currents, and gradually dissipated during the spill, except for an extraordinary rapid decrease in onshore regions at the initial stage.

"Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement," writes Arendt, "he had no motives at all.

During this time, the employee agrees not to give two weeks' notice, and employers don't ask them to leave right away (except for in extraordinary cases).

When Elliot Richardson was confirmed as attorney general in May 1973 he told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he would not fire Cox except for "extraordinary improprieties". I made the same pledge in September 1973 at my confirmation hearing.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, is being treated for brain cancer and is rarely seen in the Senate except for extraordinary circumstances.

The names themselves are not necessarily extraordinary, except for the nature of the show on which they gamely appear.

Nothing extraordinary except for the facial detection.