Sentence examples for exception of the rule from inspiring English sources

With the exception of the rule of Marcus Opellius Macrinus (217 218), Severus's descendants remained in power until 235.

But he accused the US of double standards, saying the country made an exception of the rule when it killed people in Iraq.

In comparison to other authoritarian regimes, it seems to be more the exception of the rule.

Each player plays the opponent as in a standard chess game, with the exception of the rules specified below.

An example of the exception to the rule of ionic approximation according to electronegativity is [(C5H5)(CO)2Fe=B(C6H5)3][ 23] on the right-hand side of Figure  5.

Bad words are bad because we have agreed that they are, and though that's a respectable social convention, most of us know how to discern the exception, and the degrees of exception, to the rule.

Still, these examples are perhaps a bit of an exception to the rule; a majority of entrepreneurs have difficulty developing their projects after the event.

The exception to the rule of the masses is, of course, the opening weekend.

The Real Estate Record and Guide called his work an exception to the rule of the "hopeless incompetency" of municipal work.

Also, with the exception of the cut rule, all the rules' premises are subformulas of their respective conclusions.

Later, even Charlie Chaplin – an exception to the rule of silence – "toned down" the script of The Great Dictator.