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

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 fuel delivery components, most internal combustion engines that are designed for gasoline use can run on natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases without major modifications.

Except for Pakistan, which received heavy inputs of aid from the United States, all other South Asian countries receive most of their aid from Japan.

Except for the state-owned Télé-Liban, most broadcasters run commercials and are privately owned.

Except for the Yalu and Taedong rivers, most of the inland waterways, totaling 2, 250 kilometers, are navigable only by small boats.

Except for the Superman cartoons and the features sold to MCA ( to end up with Universal ), most television prints of these films have had their titles remade to remove most traces of their connection to Paramount – the original copyright lines were left intact on Popeye cartoons ( the Popeye cartoons have been restored for DVD release with the original Paramount titles ).

Except for mining, most industries were located in the urban areas of the northwest and southeast.

Except for lichens, the non-reproductive ( vegetative ) mycelium of most ascomycetes is usually inconspicuous because it is commonly embedded in the substrate, such as soil, or grows on or inside a living host, and only the ascoma may be seen when fruiting.

Except for Hamburg, all large and most medium-sized German cities maintain light rail networks.

Except in areas of storminess, the most common areas of breaking waves are located near coastlines, hence the greatest densities of airborne salt particles are there.

Except for the largest markets, most cities had only one or two stations.

Except for a loss in the 1996 quarterfinals to eventual winner Richard Krajicek, Sampras continued to win at Wimbledon for the rest of the decade, becoming the most successful male player in Wimbledon history.

Except for the most extreme Taiwan independence supporters, most Taiwanese support the popular sovereignty theory and no longer see much conflict between this theory of sovereignty and the ROC position.

Except for a few small parks, the entire two-lane street is highly urbanised with dense pedestrian and motor traffic thoroughout most of the day.

Except for a handful who sided with the rebels, all who enlisted from Owsley County sympathized with the Union cause as did most of the citizens.

Except for the 2008 presidential election where Obama won by 50-60 percent, an estimated 65 to 80 % voted for Republican candidates in most congressional, U. S. or state senatorial and presidential candidates.

Except for the depot, most of the railroad related facilities were on the Depot Ground south of the railroad.

Except for three motorcycles sold with other memorabilia in 2006, most of McQueen's collection of 130 motorcycles was sold 4 years after his death.

Except for the elevated area of Erigavo district where rainfall records indicate an annual average of up to 800 mm ( see " Cal Madow " topic ), rainfall generally does not exceed 150 mm in most of the region.

Except for a handful of poems, most of the literature from Esperanto's first twenty years or so is now regarded as of historical interest only.

Except for special cases like the Lagrangian points, no method is known to solve the equations of motion for a system with four or more bodies.

Except in cases of bias or negligence, these petitions were barred by an act that passed Congress in 1894 and was upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court in U. S. vs Lem Moon Sing ( 1895 ).

Except in rare cases in the Ultra-Orthodox and Chassidic community, the practice of cherem ceased in the Age of Enlightenment, when local Jewish communities lost their political autonomy and Jews were legally enfranchised into the Gentile nations in which they lived.

Except for hypermobility, the specific mutations involved have been identified and they can be precisely identified by genetic testing ; this is valuable due to a great deal of variation in individual cases.

Except for a few statutory exemptions and in some medical cases there is no corresponding defense in English law.

Except in the cases of both Ottawa and McGill, they are three years in length.

Except for a few special cases ( for example in Law ) this process has been completed and all degrees been converted.

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 in rare cases in the Haredi and Chassidic communities, herem stopped existing after The Enlightenment, when local Jewish communities lost their political autonomy, and Jews were integrated into the gentile nations in which they lived.

Except in the trivial cases when p is 0 or 1, such a G almost surely has the following property:

Except in boxing, all cases have occurred in athletes under age 20.

Except in special cases like the protection of young forest or biotopes it is not allowed to fence in forest areas.

Except in special cases, the solidus was not marked with any face value throughout its seven-century manufacture and circulation.

Except in very rare cases ( a death in mid-production ) there is only one directing credit.

Except in special cases, the peak response will not align precisely with the center frequency.

Except for Tromboncino and Cara, who were extremely famous, very little is known about most of these composers ; in many cases only their names survive, and those because Petrucci, the prominent Venetian publisher, included their names in collections containing their music.

Except for a few special cases, numerous extinct species and families such as the dinosaurs are excluded from the pilgrimage.

Except for extremely rare cases, organohalides are not produced biologically, but many pharmaceuticals are organohalides.

Except for some special cases ( see below ), every vehicle license plate in Indonesia follows the following format: LL NNNN LL where " L " are letters of the Latin alphabet, and " N " and numbers from " 0 " to " 9 " ( note that the first number is never a " 0 ").

Except in rare cases, the courtesy is typically not extended by the president to a state's senators when the president and senators of said state are of different political parties.

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Court of Special Appeals has exclusive initial appellate jurisdiction over any reviewable judgment, decree, order, or other action of a circuit court or an orphans ' court, except for appeals in criminal cases in which the death penalty is imposed.

Except in those cases where the initial conditions lie on the attracting plane generated by and, this influence effectively involves pushing the resulting system towards the general Rössler attractor.

Except in rare cases where infected humans are eaten by canines, humans are a dead-end or incidental host ( an intermediate host that does not allow transmission to the definitive host ) for E. multilocularis.

Except in pathological cases, a location-scale family can be made to fit the observed mean ( first cumulant ) and variance ( second cumulant ) arbitrarily well.