Sentence examples for exceptions to the norm from inspiring English sources

"There are always exceptions to the norm," Cashman said.

That very improbable things will often happen is entirely predictable from the sheer number of opportunities each day provides for exceptions to the norm to occur.

If you believe that Microsoft's, Enron's, WorldCom's and others' sins are some kind of freakish exceptions to the norm you are mistaken.

Some soldiers still disliked you, or you resented other officers, but such incidences tended to be exceptions to the norm that was a sense of comradeship the civilian world just can't seem to replicate.

The admission rates at Ivy League and other highly selective institutions are exceptions to the norm; there are more than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities in this country, and many accept a sizable percentage of students who apply.

Apple and the iPhone are thriving in China as exceptions to the norm, but Facebook doesn't have that same brand gravitas.

There was, however, an exception to the norm.

Comedy in 21st-century Britain is no longer an exception to the norm; it is the norm.

General Xiang Yu was a rare exception to the norm, a warrior who conquered by being unpredictably rational.

The third category — an exception to the norm — are the loners who relied on "virtual connections" to sign up and get there.

"I was a little surprised I was so open," said Ben Wallace, whose 7-for-8 shooting night was the exception to the norm.