| Subject | English | Russian |
| rhetor. | become the rule rather than the exception | стать не исключением, а правилом (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| math. | it is the rule rather than the exception | является скорее правилом, чем исключением |
| idiom. | the exception rather than the rule | скорее исключение, чем правило (the idiom "the exception rather than the rule" is used to sum up a situation with the meaning this is usually not the case and its elements are always definite. • But that case is the exception, rather than the rule. • Но это скорее исключение, чем правило. 'More) |
| idiom. | the exception rather than the rule | скорее исключение, нежели правило (the idiom "the exception rather than the rule" is used to sum up a situation with the meaning this is usually not the case and its elements are always definite. • But that case is the exception, rather than the rule. • Но это скорее исключение, чем правило. 'More) |