in few instances

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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

But this apparent despondency proceeded in few instances from sentiment.

From A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay by Tench, Watkin

Fright and terror, in a timid person might perhaps aggravate the disease in few instances, though it seems doubtful, to say the least.

From The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany by Heffner, George H.

The spores are very distinctly papillate; in some specimens, however, almost smooth; in few instances, rough.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

At the best, and in few instances, it yielded a bare payment of expenses.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis