Except in the far northwest and south, where its borders converge, Chad's average width is about 800 kilometers.

Except on the west coast, where the white sandy beach is more extensive than elsewhere, a strip of dark gray coral rubble, forming a series of low ridges parallel to the coast, lies within the narrow beach, extending inward to the island rim.

Except where a Drill Manual ( or parade ) protocol dictates otherwise, the duration of the salute is timed at three beats of the quick-time march ( approximately 1. 5 seconds ), timed from the moment the senior member first returns it.

Except where specifically documented, the models were architecturally compatible.

Except in countries where only primary or basic education is compulsory, secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory.

Except in a few countries where only primary or basic education is compulsory, secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education.

Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world magically transported to Narnia, where they are called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil and restore the throne to its rightful line.

Except for the upper levels, where a double bridle is permitted, horses may only be ridden in snaffle bits.

Except where secondarily lost, shrimp have one pair of stalked eyes, although they are sometimes covered by the carapace, which protects the cephalothorax.

Except where stated otherwise ( mostly in items 5 and 6 of the table of contents ), this common usage is employed in this article.

Except where the Satyricon imitates colloquial language ( e. g., in the speeches of the freedmen at Trimalchio's dinner ), its style is in line with the literary prose of the period.

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 where the valleys empty into the small bays, the islands are remarkable for their mountain ridges, which end abruptly as cliffs where they meet the sea.

Except in flood-time, when the exit has to be used, the entrance is near the point where the river disappears at what is called the gap or hole of Belvaux, and the exit is made by boat from the cavern last described, which leads out to the open river.

Except for a few sequences where the tension is convincing as well as deadly she fails.

Except on a handful of occasions where the city government has been suspended for not striking a rate ( a level of local tax ), Dublin has had a mayor for nearly eight hundred years.

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 in the most literal of cases ( where the opposite of using a golden hammer would presumably be using the " right tool for the job ") the antonym for this mindset would be there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Except for same-sex marriages contracted by habit and repute, all jurisdictions recognize common law marriages that were validly contracted in the originating jurisdiction, because they are valid marriages in the jurisdiction where they were contracted.

Except for the central and southeast areas, where most of the population is concentrated, it is mostly mountainous.

Except where the wild yak is considered as a subspecies of Bos grunniens, there are no recognised subspecies of yak.

Except for the geographical parts of Pliny's Historia naturalis ( where Mela is cited as an important authority ) the De situ orbis is the only formal treatise on the subject in Classical Latin.

Except at quieter airports, Air Traffic Control is a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year job where controllers usually work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends and public holidays.

Except for Prescott, which is an incorporated city ( despite having neither a post office nor a separate telephone exchange ), little remains to identify these places today other than left-over identifying signs or historic landmarks, such as an abandoned or converted school buildings.

Except for a few cannon shots, the desire to exchange beads and Spanish wine for food and other necessities were left in readiness.

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.

In Going Postal, Mister Pump ( AKA Pump Nineteen ) has had the rule " A Golem May Not Harm A Human Being Or Allow A Human Being To Come To Harm " amended to add " Except When Ordered To By Duly Constituted Authority.

Except that Kitti wasn't there.

Except for Irenaeus ' 2nd-century reference to many in the church speaking all kinds of languages ' through the Spirit ', and Tertullian's reference in 207 AD to the spiritual gift of interpretation of tongues being encountered in his day, there are no other known first-hand accounts of glossolalia, and very few second-hand accounts among their writings.

Except for the president's desire to perpetuate himself in office, there seemed little reason to alter the nation's basic charter.

Except for the Black Sea shore in the south, Bessarabia remained outside direct Roman control ; the myriad of tribes there are called by modern historians Free Dacians.

Except for during clinical trials, there is no Federal requirement in the United States for providing informed consent regarding the administration of vaccines.

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 a few surviving tanks and a heavy weapons squad here or there, the assault troops had only their personal weapons, which, having been dragged through surf and sand, invariably needed cleaning before they could be used.

Except in the Northeast there are few large rivers, and many have only seasonal flows.

Except for cash there must be a credible possibility of losing at least five percent of the investment, otherwise the investment must be held in a cash ISA instead.

Except for periods of travel, Leopold spent the rest of his life there.

Except for the all hydraulic brakes, there were no hydraulic parts on original models as damping was by tuned mass dampers and friction dampers.

Article 8 of the Constitution, states that all Malaysian citizens shall be equal under the law, and " Except as expressly authorised by this Constitution, there shall be no discrimination against citizens on the ground only of religion, race, descent or place of birth in any law or in the appointment to any office or employment under a public authority or in the administration of any law relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of property or the establishing or carrying on of any trade, business, profession, vocation or employment.

Except for the years 1887 to 1890, there was at least one member of the Sevier family in public office for the 122 years preceding 2005.

Except for the occasional sporadic thunderstorm, there is almost no summer rainfall.

Except for the Petén region and the Guatemalan highlands, Spanish control over Yucatán itself was effectively in place by 1547 even though as late as 1550, there were only some 1, 550 Spanish in all of the colonial provinces.

Gunnison described the area as follows: Except three or four small cottonwood trees, there is not a tree to be seen by the unassisted eye on any part of the horizon.

Except for an interval of work in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857 – 1865, he remained there until 1897 as a member of an artistic colony that included Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Hiram Powers.

Except for some brief instances in the first season, there was no background or transitional music.

Except for a rainy and dry season ( summer-fall and winter-spring respectively ) there is little variation in the climate during the year.

Except in some special-purpose differentials, there are no other limitations on the rotational speeds of the shafts.

Except for chemicals, all of the old industries have disappeared and there has been diversification, in particular because of the close links to the motorway system and the development of warehousing and distribution centres.

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

Except for some limestone at the Cerro de Galindo, there are no exploitable minerals in the municipality.