The biggest exception was that only 12 percent of blacks supported him.

The Japanese have remained the big exception to the recent trend.

Germany has been a big exception, even though its banking market is one of the most crowded and least profitable in Europe.

Which isn't to say it wasn't and wasn't true, but Eisenhower was a big exception.

The 1990's, in other words, were the big exception.

The big exception was the summer of '77: "I almost cracked up," he said.

Indeed, video game software, where these barriers are less of a problem, has been the big exception.

The biggest exception to the Western pattern is in California.

The big exception to this was the Austin 3-litre.

But housing assistance stands out as a big exception.