The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said Christmas spending in shops this year was "acceptable but not exceptional".
The new iPhone has roughly the same battery life as the iPhone 4s, which while acceptable, was not exceptional.
From underneath, low cost smartphone where top-end specifications are absent but users, nevertheless, get a good, if not exceptional, experience.
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They are quite pleasant, certainly not exceptional, but that hardly matters.
Photo printing on glossy paper is OK but not exceptional.
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Education under Attack 2010 notes growing awareness within United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public opinion of the recurring nature of these attacks, which are not exceptional or isolated incidents.
It argued that the public interest in understanding the risks involved in this case "would have been very high, if not exceptional" and would have provided the public "with a far better understanding of the risks to a national institution which millions depended on".
And yet thanks to the visiting flu virus, against which too few people were vaccinated, New Labour now gives exactly the impression that Mr Blair wants to avoid: not exceptional government, not even government as usual, but government in the grip of the usual winter flu crisis.
Despite missing time with injury, Cespedes has established himself as a talented outfielder and one of Oakland's few prime players, but has not been exceptional, hitting .275.
The FCIC is examining causes of the collapse of the major financial institutions that failed or would likely have failed had they not received exceptional government assistance.
It did not take exceptional levels of exposure to produce an effect - abnormalities were found in women exposed to levels below those found in a quarter of US women.
"Protracted debate prior to increasing the debt ceiling is not an exceptional event, but against the backdrop of unprecedentedly large peacetime budget deficits and outstanding debt, any delay in raising the limit would pose ever-increasing risks to the ability of the federal government to honour its obligations in a timely fashion, " Fitch said in a statement.
Albert Pujols is not just another exceptional athlete looking to achieve the highest salary in his sport.
That may be true, but it does not mean that exceptional past performance has no bearing on the future.
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"He is not only an exceptional football player, but he is the epitome of line up and play, " Coughlin said.
It may not even be exceptional.
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Instead, Mr Gerstner opted for doggedly building on the strengths that had made IBM great in the first place (not least the exceptional quality of many of the people who worked for Big Blue) to make it a leader in the lucrative computer-services market.
Listening to the future governor yesterday, I couldn't help thinking that he might change the attitude to economic policy in the UK, by reminding us that what we're living through is not just "exceptional" - a word he used a lot today - but worth getting worked up about.
Simpson farce as exceptional, not typical of the normal workings of the U.S. judicial system.
Dr Ericsson does not believe that the exceptional abilities of such people are due to their innate talent.
The council said its request for places was not "dramatic or exceptional".
Not all that many decades ago, it would not have been considered exceptional that a senator or congressman had served in the military.
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The task now for London is ensuring the efficient transport network during the 2012 Games is not "just an exceptional, one-off achievement only beneficial over the Olympic summer", Ms Pidgeon said.
As Ubisoft should be able to tell from the massive amount of interest when it revealed that their new game would take place in the American Revolution, what makes their game exceptional is not their bizarre sci-fi elements.
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