minor exception
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminorandexception
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minor
adjective
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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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 ofminorandexceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofminor exception
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The onlyminorexceptionis when a subgroup of robots see equal potential gradients.
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This is nominorexception.
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The answer is no, with oneminorexception; that is.
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With theminorexceptionof the telegraph, the first electronic means of communication involved the spoken rather than the written word.
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I may add that, with aminorexception, the whole supply for 1934 will be competitive.
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There is oneminorexceptionto the rule in the case of the producer retailer.
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Clause 15 restricts the business of insurance companies to insurance business, subject to oneminorexception.
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This would be the first time, with oneminorexception, that article 3 had been used between developed countries.
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No convincing argument was forthcoming to justify the rejection of our suggestions, with one veryminorexception.
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With thatminorexceptionconcerning a first offender, the courts will have no greater powers of sentence.
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I wholly support what is proposed in the amendments, with oneminorexception, which can perhaps he reconsidered.
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The interesting thing is that, with oneminorexception, there has been no complaint about the essential basis chosen for compensation.
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I apologise for repeating that we are by far the most heavily taxed country in the world, with oneminorexception.
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There again, in all the overseas stations, with one comparativelyminorexception, there is a demand for married quarters which exceeds the supply.
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I do not believe that in any case (there may be aminorexceptionto this) their indigenous energy sources are sufficient.
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He concludes that, with only oneminorexception, every one of them is demonstrably false.
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Is his answer to be taken as an absolute assertion that there is no possibility of this whatsoever, apart from theminorexceptionhe has mentioned?
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Aminorexceptionwas the year 1940 (2600), for which the type number 100 rather than zero was used.
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With oneminorexception—concerning a member of staff who left almost immediately afterwards and was not referred to in the initial allegations—it has shown that every single charge was baseless.
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Oneminorexceptionis that when a team is scheduled to play a day-night doubleheader, it is allowed to carry 26 players on the active roster for that day only.
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