It was an exceptional year for nightclubs by virtue of volume alone.

But by and large when we take out these very unusual or exceptional years, agricultural prices do seem to have fallen.

"A firm with an exceptional year faces a difficult problem," the authors write.

In an exceptional year, it is an outstanding book, one which the judges felt grew with every reading.

This is shaping up to be, by any criterion, an exceptional year for major exhibitions.

They are the products of great vintages; the late 1990's were exceptional years in northern Italy.

Cabrera had an exceptional year on the basepaths in 2012.

In 1962, which was an exceptional year, they caught 500 salmon in a day.

The year 2011 is an exceptional budgetary year, for several reasons.

If not, let's remember the exceptional years he did have as a truly great footballer.