sole exception
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsoleandexception
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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk/səʊl/us/soʊl/
being 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 ofsoleandexceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsole exception
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That was thesoleexception.
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That is thesoleexception.
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The accounting officer is thesoleexception.
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Thesoleexceptionto this practice was the youngest son, who was destined to replace his senescent father.
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Thesoleexceptionto this possibility would occur with a need to use colouration to signal rhythmic alteration.
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Each trajectory crosses the abscissa only once with thesoleexceptionof that trajectory coinciding with the ordinate.
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That goes a long way to explain thatsoleexception.
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Why should we be practically thesoleexception?
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I should be surprised if he were thesoleexception.
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Thesoleexceptionis the exhibition of cinematograph films.
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The house succeeded in endowing three offspring in each generation, with thesoleexceptionof the second heir whose only surviving child was a girl.
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Moreover, the trajectories are consistently positive - increased body size is associated with increased trait value for other characters, with thesoleexceptionof inter-clutch interval.
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In thesoleexception, more insects emerged from week 4 dung of moxidectin-treated cattle in experiment 1 than from dung of untreated cattle.
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Thesoleexceptionto this rule in child-related matters is an appeal to this tribunal.
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With thatsoleexception, it is entirely for personal self-defence.
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That is thesoleexception, and it is a right exception.
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But with thatsoleexceptionthey cannot do it unless both parties consent.
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In effect, everything is conscripted, with thesoleexceptionof vested interests.
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Disembodied heads are thesoleexception.
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Thesoleexceptionto this rule is division by two.
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Output has fallen faster than at any time, with thesoleexceptionof 1980, during the past 60 years.
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With thesoleexceptionof the governor, the staff and the inmates are all on first-name terms.
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Thesoleexceptionis the case of the ordinary pedal tricycle, which will need only one light and one reflector.
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It deals solely with the removal of discrimination on the ground of nationality, nothing else; with onesoleexception.
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