There is no flexibility in production at all, with the sole exception of aging.

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It granted only limited leases, with the sole exception of the local headquarters of the Anglican church.

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With the sole exception being its Flight Simulator franchise, Microsoft is aware that it hasn't made great games in-house.

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The sole exception is the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which remains far below the peaks it scaled in the dot-com bubble.

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The sole exception is Thomas Newman's complex, sweepingly romantic and thoroughly magnificent score.

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The sole exception was the Democrats' loss to General Dwight Eisenhower in 1952.

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Faison doubled down on the American barbecue theme with a great all-American beverage program, a lengthy list of domestic wine, beer, cider and whiskey featuring boutique bourbons and ryes, and the sole exception being Mexican tequila, which is fair enough since some folks consider it an indispensable barbecue condiment.

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With the sole, admittedly large, exception of Florida, he has won solid victories only in states that are either small or very unlikely (such as Massachusetts) to vote Republican in the general election in November.

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One exception to regional trends: Portugal was the sole country in the Mediterranean region to have significantly narrowed its ecological deficit in recent years (an 18 percent per capita decrease between 1998 and 2008).

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