Sentence examples for houses except for from inspiring English sources

Rules of the Senate cannot trump the obvious intention of the Founding Fathers that legislation passed by majorities of both houses, except for the explicit exceptions for ratification of treaties, becomes the law of the land.

Cut them down by a third and they could be ordinary Midtown row houses, except for the single central doorway with elaborate torchiers.

Another issue with the houses (except for Mr. Mayne's) is their elevation: to protect them from future floods, they have been built on stilts that turn their front porches into catwalks.

In his personal life, Straus usually showed the kind of well-heeled thriftiness known to shivering guests in English country houses; except for his wardrobe, he spends money on himself reluctantly.

Few of the houses except for the largest, such as Hennessy, own vineyards and so they continue to buy, as they have for centuries, from the local farmers who grow the wine grapes.

These houses were identical to standard wooden nobles' houses except for the fact that they had no windows and no hearth.

There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between that tiger and your average house cat, EXCEPT for size.

There is cream-colored carpeting throughout the house, except for two bedrooms with oak floors.

Nathan is now so ill that he rarely leaves his house except for hospital visits.

"Every piece of drywall in the house except for four pieces is Chinese," said Mr. Morgan.

"There is no housing except for small shelters made out of sticks".