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make exception



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They’re just willing to make exception for certain people.

From Washington Post Nov. 19, 2021

“We need to protect the work of academics as set forth in Freedom of Information Acts, which laws make exception for information that should be legitimately protected, for example relating to research,” said Mr. Schnare.

From Washington Times May 15, 2016

Nor shall we make exception to that rule.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael

Fear I naturally look for—unless, of all men alive, I am forced to make exception when I come to Robert Clive.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Art can make exception in its subjects no more than science.

From Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life by Flaubert, Gustave




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