Except for the odd uptown sex maniac or an overeager Greek sailor, the people watch in calm absorption.

Except for a rich friendship with the painter, Chauncey Ryder who gave him the only professional instruction he ever had -- and this was limited to a few lessons, though the two artists often went on painting trips together -- Roy developed his art by himself.

Except for the wine waiter in a restaurant -- always an inscrutable plenipotentiary unto himself, the genii with the keys to unlock the gates of the wine world are one's dealer, and the foreign shipper or negociant who in turn supplies him.

Except for those minutes in her room, he had lost touch with her as a reality.

Except for that one morning.

Except for sophomore center Mike Kelsey and fullback Mike Rice, Meek expects the squad to be physically sound for Rice.

Except for a few months in late 1960 and early 1961, retail farm equipment sales have trailed year-earlier levels since the latter part of 1959.

`` Except for Shabbat, when they are praying all day ''.

Except for AcPO < sub > 4 </ sub >, they are all similar to the corresponding lanthanum compounds and contain actinium in the oxidation state + 3.

Except for one occasion, the Project never played live during its original incarnation.

Except for the flow direction, the Amazon and the Hamza have very different characteristics.

Except for men's and women's meetings, most meetings targeting specific demographics ( including newcomers, gays, and young people ) do not exclude other alcoholics.

Except for the American designs, tank destroyers were all turretless and had fixed or casemate superstructures.

Except for the Chobe, Okavango, Boteti and Limpopo rivers, most of Botswana's rivers cease to flow during the dry and early rainy seasons.

Except for a few primitive types such as sponges ( which have no nervous system ) and jellyfish ( which have a nervous system consisting of a diffuse nerve net ), all living animals are bilaterians, meaning animals with a bilaterally symmetric body shape ( that is, left and right sides that are approximate mirror images of each other ).

Except for this one difference, the first and second Bernoulli numbers agree.

Except for the smaller rivers in the southeast, most of the major rivers and river systems in Cambodia drain into the Tonle Sap or into the Mekong River.

Except for the several relatively good toll roads which connect major cities ( all of them one-lane ) roads are poorly maintained and subject to inclement weather, since only 10 % of the roadways are tarred.

Except for nautiloids ( represented by the modern order Nautilida ) and coleoids ( which had already diverged into modern octopodes, squids, and cuttlefish ) all other species of the molluscan class Cephalopoda became extinct at the K – T boundary.

Except for the House of Braganza ( founded by an illegitimate son of King John I of Portugal, who was himself illegitimate ), all current major Capetian branches are of the Bourbon cadet branch.

Except for one shot of the woman mentioned above sleeping and suddenly waking up, the film is composed entirely of photographs by Jean Chiabaud and stars Davos Hanich as the man, Hélène Chatelain as the woman and filmmaker William Klein as a man from the future.

Except for the partnership, all business forms are designed to provide limited liability to both members of the organization and external investors.

Except for the Antikythera mechanism, an " out of the time " astronomical device, development of computing tools arrived in the beginning of the 17th century: Geometric-military compass by Galileo, Logarithms and Napier Bones by Napier, slide rule by Edmund Gunter.

Except for a man of religion ( wadaad ), and they were few in number, all Somali males were considered potential warriors.

Except: Four Aces or Kings with a pair of 3 ’ s or 2 ’ s, then split off a high pair from the four of a kind, to play two pairs down with a very high pair up.

Except in the far north near the Amur River, high humidity causes major discomfort at this time of year.

Except for the Portovenere and Portofino promontories, it is generally not very jagged, and is often high.

Except for the last, these projects allow high resolution video modes, better mouselook, and expanded modability.

Except for the Alpine Pool and the main lake areas that are accessible from an entrance high in the mountains, all of the community is reached by descending from the surrounding mountains of Sussex County.

Except for the start and stop signals, the SDA line only changes while the clock is low ; transmitting a data bit consists of pulsing the clock line high while holding the data line steady at the desired level.

Except in the rarity of cases where book writers can demand high advances and royalties, an author's royalty rate is dictated by their publisher.

Except agriculture, maximum people of Feni resides in Dhaka City, Chittagong City, Sylhet City engaged in all sorts of jobs and business ranging from menial labour to high profiled office jobs.

** Except for the western part linking downtown Hull to Buckingham, and some short segments near Lachute and Mirabel Airport to A-15, the expressway is actually a high speed ( 100 km / h ) 2-way road.

Except when the water level of the James is high, it is also reachable by foot from the southern shore via easy boulder-hopping.

Except during periods of very high flow, the stream is scarcely visible from these bridges because of the depth of its gorge.

Except for the Pocheon basin, most regions of the city consist of high mountains.

Except for one period when Red Cross food was exhausted and guards became surly, morale of the men remained at a high level.

Except at their northern end, where the Heyran pass at the top of the Āstārāčāy valley does not exceed 1600 m, they are over high, with three spots over including the Baqrow Daḡ, the Ajam Daḡ, and the Shah Moʿallem or Masouleh Daḡ.

Except Qidong High School, there are many other high schools, such as Huilong High School, Dongnan High School and so on.

Except for slaves, standards of living were generally high — higher, in fact, than in England itself.

Except one high profile white elephant: there are few trees in Bağcılar, but there is an Olympic Sports Complex.

Except for the scale model Super Cub, the aircraft are patterned around the same basic design which is that of a high wing, experimental-style " pod and boom " blow-molded plastic fuselage with a direct-drive pusher propeller and v-tail.

Except at extremely high tides, the sand is above sea level and accessible to walkers.

Except for Ozny they had been playing together since 1981 in high school bands like Aburamushi, Hot Rod and Black Beast.

Except for the languages exams, the subjects are provided in any language desired by the candidate ( demands can be made " on the spot " for a number of languages — Hungarian, German and Romanian subjects are available in all high schools nationwide, with other languages in areas where the respective language is spoken, while for other languages the request must be filed alongside the registration form, two months in advance ).