make exception

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

They say they will take no Americans, but to our minister they said they would make exception in favor of three, so I guess the three will be John McCutcheon, Palmer and myself.

From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Davis, Charles Belmont