"Patricians in self-governing cities such as Amsterdam and Hamburg chose to set up and pay for street lighting themselves, but they were the exception". Here "they were the exception" means:

they set an example for others to follow.

everybody followed what they did.

"Patricians in self-governing cities such as Amsterdam and Hamburg cho

1.	"Patricians in self-governing cities such as Amsterdam and Hamburg chose to set up and pay for street lighting themselves, but they were the exception". Here "they were the exception" means:
A.	they set an example for others to follow.
B.	no one else did what they did.
C.	they did as the others did.
D.	everybody followed what they did.
Answer» C. they did as the others did.

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