Sentence examples for was the only exception from inspiring English sources
Centuries later, the region around Salerno was the only exception to the rule that (except for skipping units that had regionally fallen out of use) the apothecaries' ounce was subdivided down to the scruple in exactly the same way as in the Roman system: It divided the ounce into 10 drachms.
Tencent was the only exception.
It was the only exception request the department would deny.
Paul Lawrie, who won last year's British Open, was the only exception.
The issue of climate change, which 49 percent of respondents rated last year as "very serious," was the only exception to the general trend.
PPAs were never meant to make up more than 40% of an organisation's income (VSO was the only exception), but in reality they make up more than 50% of unrestricted income for many organisations.
Diabetic patients were the only exception.
In sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa is the only exception.
This is the only exception I can think of.
Human-caused global warming is the only exception.
