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
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
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
