Sentence examples for except for the world from inspiring English sources

Since then, except for the World War II years, crossing swims have been made annually.

The ceremony has continued uninterrupted except for the World War II blackout years of 1943 and 1944.

Except for the world's top players, few people ever have the chance to play a world champion.

Except for the World War II years, Glendale has been in the parade nearly continuously since 1911, making our city one of the longest-running entrants.

Few businesses appear immune from the global economic downturn, except maybe for the world's wealthiest soccer teams.

Most of the places I had high expectations for utterly failed to impress me (except for Chicama, the world's longest wave, and Rome).

Outside of the Olympics, the US has appeared at each major tournament over the years and walked away with a medal from every one, except for the 2001 World Championships and the 2006 World Cup.

In fact, one could argue that we understand everything except for the physical world of falling objects by analogy.

Except for the Arab world and a handful of middle-income Latin American countries, all the countries with fertility rates higher than America's are very poor.

John grew up in Old Kilpatrick, in the west of Scotland, near the shipyards where his father worked, except for the second world war years, which he spent in Aberdeen with two elderly aunts.

The incidence of time-loss injuries was similar in male and female players when the same types of tournaments were compared, except for the FIFA World Cup.