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If that sounds a little like something dreamed up by Edmund Blackadder, then The Wipers Times with its one-liners and music hall sketches, was not far off the mark, except that far from being a fantasy from Private Eye editor Hislop, this was a true story.

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Except that Swindon cannot look that far ahead, such is their financial position, while Wigan's players will not rest easy either.

But actually a reform of tax credits could be a start on the road to a better tax system – except that so far, it isn't.

Thus, the Maviruses effectively qualify as polintoviruses except that so far integration into the host genome has not been demonstrated.

No, it will not compete with the very best that Samsung and Apple have to offer, but it is surprisingly not that far behind...except on price.

In Moscow, an air of uncertainty prevails: the streets are "flooded with Mercedes and Toyotas," while Lenin's statues are toppled and carted away in army trucks -- and on television "they were saying exactly the same things they used to jail other people for, except that they were far bolder, far more decisive and radical".

Webber said that he did not blame Kovalainen for the accident, except that he braked far earlier than expected.

I would attribute it to my own failings as an interviewer, except that my wife, far more adept at getting people to open up, had the same experience a month later.

There's really not much more to say about the site, except that it's far from the only raunchy Pinterest clone among Pinterest clones (looking at you, Pornterest).

It might never have got this far except that a federally financed building doesn't need city approval, only that of the General Services Administration.

In all these respects Bond bears a more than passing resemblance to his creator, except that Fleming was a far nastier piece of work.

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