Sentence examples for exception to a lot from inspiring English sources

This time, the writing was straightforward, and his brother Robert, in particular, took violent exception to a lot of what was said, especially to the way their father was portrayed.

But Suffolk County is the exception to a lot of rules.

There are exceptions to this (a lot of us help one or two friends subsidize their travel), but in general, don't ask somebody who you know can't afford the trip.

As he had told me a few days before, "I don't see any way to respect religious freedom except to make a lot of exceptions from laws that apply to everybody else" — say, by permitting members of the Native American Church to ingest peyote.

"Billy Elliot", an exception to the rule, costs a lot but may succeed in charming its way into the black.Strong plays with well-known actors, modest sets and few scene changes are doing very well (Broadway stagehands are especially expensive).

Several other clubs, including the champion Los Angeles Lakers, are expected to offer Smith the midlevel exception and a lot of playing time, so the Knicks' chances of acquiring Smith are not great.

Those are ominous-sounding words to a lot of terminally ill patients, and Ramos was no exception.

Quick exits are still an exception; it takes a lot of time to build very large companies.

The rule proved by the exception: a lot of design and innovation is coming to the vibrator category, reflecting a growing mainstream retail market.

Expansive historical novels often have a stiffly formal relationship with the history of the time in which their fictional characters live, and this one is no exception: a lot of name-checking goes on (references to the president as "the peanut farmer"), a lot of glancing references to phenomena like "the tech bubble" that have all the detailed verisimilitude of someone sticking pins in a map.

With one tragic exception – a lot of the unique furniture created by the architect disappeared, was junked or taken away.