Sentence examples for except liquor from inspiring English sources

Arthur agreed with his party, and in 1882 called for the abolition of excise taxes on everything except liquor, as well as a simplification of the complex tariff structure.

A DAY NO PILLS NO LIQUOR EXCEPT WINE AT DINNER The list continues; the final item on it pertains not to "life" but to "art": USE DICTIONARY We all know what happens to lists like these: creatures of the moment, like mayflies or rainbows, they vanish as soon as their instant of anxiety and good intentions passes.

She said, 'Well, Dakin, you were behaving so beastly.' My brother asked her about it, and said, 'You might have killed my brother Dakin.' And she said to Tennessee, 'Oh, that was the intention, luv.' " Williams, who was inclined to be conciliatory except when liquored up, was both amazed and appalled by Maria's forthrightness.

Liquor, except beer is very scarce.

He must have heard about the show that Amadeo is putting on, because when else does he exert himself, except to buy liquor at the Peerless?

She told another Lowry biographer, Douglas Day, that she had once found him passed out in a Vancouver whorehouse, having sold all his clothes for liquor except his underwear.

I tried all the tricks: no drinking before dinner, no hard liquor except on weekends, no beer unless accompanied by food or a televised sporting event of national import.

Within walking distance of my house, a coffee shop/bakery recently closed down and a strip mall down the street is empty except for a liquor store.

The ethanol control group was fed with Chinese white liquor except the normal diet.

The distribution of covariates did not differ by much among controls who consumed beer, wine or liquor except, perhaps, that fewer wine consumers were current smokers and a greater proportion of beer drinkers were pre- or peri-menopausal.

No liquor served, except pink champagne cocktails.