With a few notable exceptions, most venture firms in the U.S. have no women partners.

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Yet with a few notable exceptions, the ministry's employees, shunted from section to section, are themselves ignorant about modern finance.

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With a few notable exceptions, traditional lighting manufacturers are not software experts.

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The financiers were, with a very few notable exceptions, the weak link.

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