in few instances

Example Sentences

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The great object is to obtain quick returns for the outlay, and, except in few instances, durability or permanency is not thought of.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

The wealthy are daily subjected to these visitations, and in few instances is the immediate pecuniary relief refused.

From Suggestions to the Jews for improvement in reference to their charities, education, and general government by Faudel, Henry

In the departments where women only are employed, in which the minimum wages are six dollars per week for experienced adult workers, and fall in few instances below eight dollars.

From Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future by Campbell, Helen

On the other hand, the summer season offers to his contemplation the successful attainment of a mode of existence suited to the burning climate; a problem found to be solved but in few instances.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

What we simply mean to affirm is, that the particular, single act, is, in few instances, deliberately meditated from the beginning.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore