"noble exceptions" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to people or things that deviate from a certain norm or standard in a positive or admirable way. Example: "Overall, the company had a strict policy against overtime, but there were a few noble exceptions who consistently stayed late to ensure the project's success."
With some noble exceptions, we failed to make the most basic human response and enter into their hearts and minds.
I particularly enjoyed the flaying of India's escapist, celebrity-fixated newspapers (not counting noble exceptions such as the – entirely non-sectarian - Hindu in Chennai).
And with some noble exceptions, The Times, by design or otherwise, has long served the interests of the same set of elite and powerful factions.
There are of course noble exceptions, but overall the data points to pausing for thought before sanctioning a dash for more faith schools.
It's notable that most of the people he meets in the hunting world, with the noble exceptions of Dixon, Denis Milden and Stephen Colwood, are unspeakably awful.
With rare, noble exceptions — the Red Cross and United Nations High Commission for Human Rights and the refugee agency U.N.H.C.R. among them — the world's many international bodies have again been underwhelming.
Gendered cups are nonsense (with the noble exception of the Mooncup).
A noble exception to this avaricious rule is Ivor Dembina's Ten Quid New Year's Eve.
But before the rest crow, no business school in our ranking, with the noble exception of Cape Town, could claim that more half of its faculty is female.
And too often – with the noble exception of those who have been fighting for gay rights and immigration reform – he's had little challenge from progressives.
With the noble exception of AC/DC, who refuse to release a greatest hits on the grounds that it equates to a career obituary, nobody, from Steps to the Grateful Dead, is immune.
