That province had been given a government much like that of New France, except for the important office of intendant, and the province was in population almost wholly French, as it was in civil law.
Branches are closed except for the main post office at 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue.
One day, I was the only person in the whole place except for the manager in the office and he nonchalantly asked to go outside and wait for someone to give me something and to bring it back to him.
The Israeli decision, carried out unilaterally (except for the administrative part at the liaison offices), surprised many, including the political establishment.
Though Mr. Silverstein reported "some fascinating discussions with respect to very large block users," no prospective tenants have been publicly identified, except for the governor's office.
It's a typical scene in today's Syria, a country with more armed groups than is possible to count, except for the fact that the office is so clean you could eat off the floor, and most of the men are strikingly well-groomed.
He liked his job, except for one peculiarity: though the office was in Washington, D.C., and the work load wasn't heavy, he and his co-workers, most of whom were male, maintained the hours of driven Japanese salarymen.
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Its success in persuading the court to hear cases has dropped, but only to 42 percent, which is almost certainly better than any practice in the nation except for the solicitor general's office, which represents the federal government.
I did vote, but did not really know much except for the California governor's office, a local school board race for a candidate I was helping, and two propositions (a California oddity).
