only exception
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonlyandexception
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only
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈəʊn.li/us/ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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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 ofonlyandexceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofonly exception
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Theonlyexceptionis character data.
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Theonlyexceptionto this is with the adverb now.
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He may be theonlyexceptionand still love himself.
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Theonlyexceptionis that the correlation of investment and output is positive for this treatment.
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Theonlyexceptionto this was in the case of the negative pronoun variable.
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Theonlyexceptionis the definition of f, which is an equation between function expressions.
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Theonlyexceptionto this evolutionary pattern was in the production of para-lexical items.
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Theonlyexceptionto this is with have as a main verb.
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Theonlyexceptionwas that interference control was related to reactive control but not to resiliency.
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Theonlyexceptionto this pattern of results pertained to speech rate.
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On the other hand, the following theorem states that this is theonlyexception.
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Theonlyexceptionwas the left temporal lobe in the 3-field technique.
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Theonlyexceptionto this would be if the transposon-like insertion had been activated.
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Theonlyexceptionare higher-order constructs that are not dealt with automatically, but manually.
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Theonlyexceptionis amok (or amuck) - an adjective or adverb.
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Theonlyexceptionto this pattern is the older age group.
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Theonlyexceptionis when sanitary costs increase by 25% and hunting costs decrease by 25%.
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Theonlyexceptionmatters when analysing crop-price uncertainty, which presupposes the existence of markets for agricultural outputs.
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Theonlyexceptionis in the area of health resources, where the retired husbands reported a decline.
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Theonlyexceptionis education, where the importance of the health determinant is believed to be reflected adequately in practice.
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Theonlyexceptionto the definition principle is our datatype package, which asserts three axioms (while still being conservative!).
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Theonlyexceptionis marital status where the index and the indicator display more or less the same correlations.
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Theonlyexceptionis the exceptional value halt which stops the program when it appears in an evaluation context.
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