1.   All the men were killed, with the sole exception of Captain Jones.

2.   Britain seems to be the sole exception to this democratic path.

3.   The sole exception was Coventry, a much larger city that was no real comparison with Colchester.

4.   With the sole exception of the global communist movement, the Green or environmentalist movement presents the greatest contemporary challenge to the global capitalist system.

5.   Almost the sole exception was a young Deputy called Pierre Laval.

6.   All nine justices agreed that this sole explicit exception should be interpreted to rule out the judicial creation of any other exceptions.

7.   Israeli humorists have used every subject as raw material, with the sole exception of the Holocaust.

8.   The sole exception has been the deployment of Russian peacekeeping troops in Bosnia, an arrangement that is widely regarded as successful but not indispensable.

9.   The sole exception is the process that uses methylene chloride, a substance known to be a carcinogen.