saving clause

Example Sentences

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He still disapproved, but he added to the first fierce protestation, "Things must be changed," the saving clause, "but I can not change them!"

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen

The one saving clause for the poor little creatures was the presence of their father and a man of practical intelligence such as the gambler.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell

"And my inclinations, I hope," she said, laughingly, "with no saving clause as to their being virtuous."

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg

But he accepted many of the old Scot's positions, merely gliding in a saving clause by way of amendment, to salve his conscience, as it were, between two forkfuls of hay.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

There may be entered a saving clause concerning the Teutonic nations, but it would not impeach the full integrity of the statement.

From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse