Sentence examples for great exception of from inspiring English sources

Most of the other performances are serviceable, with the great exception of Derbhle Crotty's commanding Portia.

The great exception, of course, is New Year's, when more Champagne is consumed, or sprayed, then at any other time of the year.

With the great exception of the oil and gas business, the magnet for most foreign investment here, Egypt has failed to attract the billions in private capital it says it needs to build competitive export industries and efficient local service industries.

Kerry Brown, a professor of Chinese politics at the University of Sydney, said in a commentary for the BBC: "Despite the great exception of Deng Xiaoping, who came back from the political graveyard three times, he is highly unlikely to ever emerge again as a leader.

Bo has been sentenced, and, despite the great exception of Deng Xiaoping who came back from the political graveyard three times, he is highly unlikely to ever emerge again as a leader.

During his 25-year tenure as chairman of Tiffany & Company, many customers took great exception to some of the controversial positions he took in his Tiffany editorial advertisements.

It added in a statement: "The University of Huddersfield takes great exception to the findings of Which?

Then-mayor Rudy Giuliani took great exception to the display of Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary, a painting of the Madonna that included the artist's signature balls of elephant dung.

I like the sound of The Last Gamble (1990), in which a father takes great exception to the success of his younger son, a corrupt solicitor, after losing his elder boy in the war; a plea for help ends in tragedy.

I take great exception to corporate exploitation of vulnerable people".

I take great exception to the description of David H. Petraeus as a "phony hero".