Sentence examples for surprising exception from inspiring English sources

And yet there was one notable and surprising exception: Ireland.

A perhaps surprising exception to this general loosening of tongues is blasphemy.

As a rule, too much backstory is dead weight, but "Paddington" proves a surprising exception.

Thirteen people died.In a country bound by rules about everything, water safety is a surprising exception.

In the Shiite south, religious parties dominated in every province, with the surprising exception of Karbala, Mr. Maliki's home province.

As overall health care costs continue to rise sharply, prescription drugs have emerged as a surprising exception.

Standing back from the fray, and allowing for a few surprising exceptions, you could make the case that, in the matter of the referendum, Cameron represents — and has enjoyed the overwhelming support of — what is still referred to as the Establishment.

Like everything else about the subcontinent, there are always surprising exceptions to every rule.

And he keeps his story largely surprising, with the exception of one major jolt that is too easily foreseen.

(They were likely to be lower than that by early March as clued-up investors got their money out).The readiness of creditor countries to touch depositors was somewhat surprising, since with the exception of the recent wind-up of Anglo Irish, a failed Irish bank, they have been spared during the euro crisis for fear of a bank run.

Therefore, it is not surprising that, with the exception of Marchena, a single, strong El Niño event did not stimulate a loss of heterozygosity in the populations, even if mortality rates were high.