With a handful of exceptions, none are up to the job.

With a handful of exceptions, drummers are less exciting than singers and much more guarded than guitarists.

With a handful of exceptions, chains have coped far better.

A handful of exceptions, notably faster-than-light interstellar travel and superluminal communication, depend on purely fictional or speculative principles.

His distinctive voice narrated several documentaries and commercials but, with a handful of exceptions, his early work as a dramatic actor was uneventful.