single exception
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsingleandexception
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single
adjective
uk/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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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 ofsingleandexceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsingle exception
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With thissingleexception, the rates show less variation than might have been expected.
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With asingleexception, parents were not present during the latter interviews.
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In particular, we have ignored the data aspects and assumed asingleexceptionvalue model.
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Questions were the same for both primary and secondary teachers, with asingleexceptionreflecting the different contexts.
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There is onesingleexceptionthough.
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There is not asingleexception.
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I would mention thesingleexception.
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In that second investigation nosingleexceptionwas found.
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Clearly, it would be hard to explain why the court would have allowed her to stand as asingleexceptionto an otherwise uniform practice.
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Yet a law in the strict sense of the term could not be posited if there was even asingleexception.
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The liquescent is thesingleexception, but even this retained its original associations with the quality of certain vowels and consonants only very inconsistently.
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What appeared initially to be asingleexception, a case of marginal dissociation between the lexicon and the grammar, was ultimately attributable to formulaic grammatical constructions.
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Thesingleexceptionwas for canopy plants, for which variation in species composition was strongly related to fire treatment but not significantly associated with grazing effects.
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I think there is nosingleexceptionother than these unemployed people.
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With thesingleexceptionof one name, not one of these letters is signed.
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With thesingleexceptionof one case in 1891 the answer is in the negative.
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With onesingleexceptionno criminal concerned in these offences has escaped detection and apprehension.
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With onesingleexception, all the great ports in this country are already publicly owned.
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I suggest that we might adopt that report with asingleexception.
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The absolute internment, without asingleexception, of all alien subjects is a quite intelligible policy.
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There was not asingleexceptiontaken to the suggestion throughout the whole debate.
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Thesingleexceptionis that occupational pension schemes are excluded from the transfer.
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