Every major religion endorses abstinence from food on special occasions, with the exception of Sikhism.
As with most special occasions (with the exception of fasting religious holidays) I've heard many espouse the notion "It's not about the food!" Yet reality often brings me to a less hallowed place when planning a meal around food allergies.
The principal investigator administrated the questionnaires at all test occasions, with the exception of six of the tendinopathy patients.
Two batches per taxon were collected in summer and two in autumn, using the same sites for the two occasions, with the exception of P. dubium ssp.
Length of MRSP-carriage was defined as time from the inclusion sample until the first of two consecutive negative sample occasions, with the exception of two dogs that were found to be negative on only one sample occasion, after which they left the study.
On Thanksgiving, the dining table was piled high with food that was grown or reared on the farm - including one of Tom's progeny roasted for the occasion - with the exception of cranberries, which they allowed themselves to purchase from further north.
Grimsby Town boss Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside: "I thought we handled the occasion well, with the exception of giving a corner away in the first 10 seconds.
"Do you know," he said, with a kind of awe in his voice, "that this is the first sporting occasion, with the single exception of cricket matches, that I have covered in years without once having to mention the United States?
"The crowd was behaving well, with the exception of three occasions maybe in the first set," he said.
He started sailing when he was 13 and was always the captain of the vessel he was on with the exception of 4 occasions.
According to the latest European Social Survey conducted in 2008 and 2009, over 60% of Czechs say they never attend religious services, with the exception of "special occasions" such as marriages and christenings.
