You might tolerate the odd road-hog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the rule.

你也许可以容忍那些肆意驾车的古怪司机，粗鲁无礼的司机，但是现在有礼貌的司机就不一样了。

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Tales of stolen phones and laptops being successfully retrieved are the exception to the rule.

被偷的手机和便携式电脑被成功找回的神话是规则的例外。

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The exception to this rule is the occasional and obligatory, pre-meal prayer tradition. In time, my roommate learned that I was right and she dumped the guy.

这个规则的例外是不经常的和必须的，饭前祈祷传统。最后，我的室友知道我是正确的，并且甩掉了那个家伙。

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These anachronisms and confused chronologies in the patriarchal stories are the rule rather than the exception in their view, and they are evidence of a very late date of composition.

在他们看来，这些年代错误和混乱的时间线,在族长故事中是普遍现象而不是例外，明显是十分近代的作品。

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Separately and collectively, they show that when it comes to companies operating in the Gulf, BP is the exception and not the rule.

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Believe it or not, those of you who have the type of friends or family (or cultural background) where starting a business from scratch is a legitimate reason to borrow money are the exception and not the rule.

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Somewhere between the 13-year-old in rural Mississippi who wants to go to Harvard and the second-graders in Harlem studying Vincent Van Gogh, I ceased being surprised and started being angry that what I saw was still the exception and not the rule.

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