Sentences with phrase «welcome exception»

There's no escaping just how strongly the electorate has rejected our party's offer in the European and local elections, with a few welcome exceptions.

Comedy sequels almost never work, this is the very welcome exception.

J Ward (1769 - 1859) also painted cattle, but he brought to his work a vigour of execution and a power of imagination which make his pictures a most welcome exception among these uninspired painters.

One welcome exception came after the county executive's budget proposed to significantly hike fees for recording mortgages, deeds and satisfactions processed by the clerk's office.

There are a few welcome exceptions, including Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), suffering a severe case of Hulk performance anxiety that keeps the big green dude mostly under wraps.

Her work seldom screens theatrically in the U.S. (MoMA's 2008 retrospective remains a very welcome exception), but Our People deserves to change that.

They rarely live up to the advanced hype, but Fruitvale Station is a most welcome exception to the rule.

Grant Wacker's Heaven Below: Early Pentecostalism and American Culture is a welcome exception to both extremes.

With the amount of hours my husband works, it's rare for us to have a mid-week day that isn't full of tasks we're rushing to complete, but yesterday was a welcome exception.

Documentaries often toy with the conventions of non-fiction storytelling to the detriment of their content, but Clio Barnard's innovative The Arbor provides a welcome exception to the norm.

The question lingers after «Lincoln,» a mostly solemn exercise in respectful top - hatted Lincolnism, with some welcome exceptions.

Black Panther is a welcome exception to the (misguided) rule.

«Ex Machina,» the directorial debut by novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland («28 Days Later,» «Sunshine»), is a rare and welcome exception to that norm.

Unsurprisingly, not much skin is shown but Camilla is the welcome exception.

Greg Forster's Win - Win report from 2013 is a welcome exception and gets the award for the school choice review closest to covering all of the studies that fit his inclusion criteria — 93.3 %.

Some players might feel cheated that this cool new remix is a standalone retail package, especially considering how many maps were sold for Gears 3 instead of meaningful gameplay improvements (although the fortification upgrade and RAAM campaign were welcome exceptions).

That's very powerful, and it's a shame how few games think through the implications of that natural bond (the Silent Hill series is a welcome exception), and how many games casually discard it.

Unsurprisingly, not much skin is shown but Camilla is the welcome exception.

Elder Scrolls Online is a rare and welcome exception.

,» the crowded 50 - artist, 50 - work exhibition that opened quietly in July (and closes September 17), has been a welcome exception, especially if graded on the MoMA curve.

This would represent something of a welcome exception in the altcoin space.