Sentence examples for except in matters from inspiring English sources

Be unpredictable – except in matters of direction.

These territories have substantial autonomy except in matters reserved for metropolitan France, such as diplomacy and defense.

The Dutch part is a colony, but the British is governed, except in matters of foreign policy, by a chartered company, the British North Borneo Co.

"Scantily clad" passed its sell-by date long ago, as did "past its sell-by date", except in matters of grocery.

The marriage vow isn't 'for better or for worse, except in matters pertaining to individual wealth in which case each person shall remain as poor or as rich as they were before they were married'; the whole point is you're agreeing to mingle not only your body and soul, but your bank accounts too.

In practice the level of workers' control was extremely variable from enterprise to enterprise, since ordinary workers often were not motivated to participate except in matters such as hiring, firing, and benefits and in any case lacked the necessary time and information to make business decisions.

Though Islam must be a main source of law and custom, the sharia should not be imposed, except in civil matters such as marriage and inheritance, where it already prevails.

Unless you're putting money on it, nothing is at stake except your reputation for wisdom in matters of the heart.

But the voice of feminism in matters of sex is much muted these days, except from a few die-hards.

But Kapur resists leavening the tale with much contemporary resonance - except in the matter of casting, where Americans and Australians, mostly young and known for their work in Hollywood films, act alongside the Brits, possibly as box-office bankers.

If Trump seems strangely incapable of consistency except in the matter of walling out and deporting immigrants, somber Ted Cruz is lurking nearby to alarm us with his ideological purity.