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

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

I love not the Normans, but I make exception in the case of Lord de Burg and his family.

From Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

For, indeed, she accepts the Lord's declaration, not immediately to make exception against the conclusion which He draws from it, but to show how in that very declaration is involved the granting of her petition.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward