By this time the other pupils ( always excepting the stony boy ) gathered round .

这时候其他的学生（那位石头般的孩子总是例外）都聚集在一起。

In south-east asia possibly excepting singapore , rich and independent enough to go its own way most countries have been silent .

在东南亚，大多数国家一直默不作声可能只有新加坡是个例外，因为它足够富裕与独立，可以不用随波逐流。

Few places could be safer than an empty expanse of airport tarmac , and excepting those far-fetched scenarios above , you 'd be better off inside a plane , certainly , than inside the terminal .

没什么地方比空旷的机场跑道更安全的了，而且除了上面那些牵强附会的情况，你在飞机里肯定比在机场大厅里更安全。

Before its acquisition of foster 's of australia in december , africa ( excepting south africa ) accounted for only 12 % of sabmiller 's sales , including soft drinks and bottling .

在其12月收购了澳大利亚的福斯特之前，非洲（南非除外）占sabmiller的销售额只有12%，其中包括软饮料和瓶装。

This is insufficient for mr greenberg , who contends that aig ought to have been treated like other financial institutions ( excepting bear stearns and lehman brothers ) and given access to the fed 's discount window to tide it through a temporary liquidity crisis .

格林伯格对此并不满足，他主张，aig应该得到和其它金融机构除贝尔斯登（bearstearns）和雷曼兄弟（lehmanbrothers）以外一样的待遇，享受联储的贴现，使它度过暂时性的流动性危机。