honourable exception

collocation in English

meaningsofhonourableandexception

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honourable
adjective
uk
/ˈɒn.ər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈɑː.nɚ.ə.bəl/
honest and fair, or deserving praise ...
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exception
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈsep.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈsep.ʃən/
someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list or that does not behave in the ...
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(Definition ofhonourableandexceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Onehonourableexceptionwas the honorary clerk of our parish council, who did not want to be given any more work than was absolutely essential.
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I mention, in passing, that anhonourableexceptionis the recent agenda for discussion on primary care.
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Few appeared interested in what we were doing with thehonourableexceptionof those expert witnesses from all parties who gave evidence to us.
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With onehonourableexception, their speeches were marked by arrogance, divisiveness, the perpetuation of myth, an attack on people in poor circumstances and straight populism.
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There is onehonourableexception, and we all agree on the desirability of enlargement.
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He was a veryhonourableexceptionto a band of gentlemen who spoke against it but voted for it.
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Anhonourableexceptionto the trend towards inactivity is gardening, which remains hugely popular, with more than £2 billion spent on it every year.
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He is a noble andhonourableexception, but that only proves the rule.
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But there was anhonourableexception.
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I am not thehonourableexception.
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There was anhonourableexceptionjust now.
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All that they have done is call for more and more expenditure; with onehonourableexception, none of them has suggested how that expenditure should be paid for.
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I am sure that there are honourable exceptions, but by and large the attention given is sketchy.
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I was addressing myself to his party in general because with honourable exceptions, its members do not believe in it.
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There are some honourable exceptions who regularly report the proceedings, but some resort to ancient clichés.
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There are honourable exceptions to that generalisation, but there are all too many who are not exceptions.
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There have been only one or two honourable exceptions.
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It is fair to say that there are honourable exceptions in certain counties.
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I think those were four very honourable exceptions.
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With one or two honourable exceptions, we have heard only about how the market forces should dominate and influence the decisions.
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