Sentence examples for this proved an exception from inspiring English sources

But this proved an exception rather than the rule.

On a very long view, much the same applies to property and rent, even if the past 50 years seem to have proved an exception to this.

One writer who proved an exception during this period was Lao Khamhom (Khamsing Srinawk), whose subtle stories about country folk, first published in a collection called Fa bo kan (1959; The Politician and Other Stories), often carry a more subversive message than is immediately apparent.

Operation Anaconda has proved an exception to this rule.The idea of spending several days winning approval from leaders of 19 countries (as during the Kosovo war) is ever more unattractive to military commandersThe bombing campaign against Serbia is still recalled with a shudder by American air-force commanders.

Here again Ashbery proved an exception.

The last few decades have proved an exception, however.

Usually that is true, though Manny Pacquiao has proved an exception.

This year may prove an exception, though.

This is unlikely to prove an exception.

By committing America to the perils of yet another military intervention, Barack Obama has staked an awful lot on the hope that our Libyan adventure will prove an exception to this rule.

No candidate looks as appealing the day after they get in the race as they did the day before, and a relatively inexperienced blue state governor running for the Republican nomination at a moment of national crisis is unlikely to prove an exception to this rule.