in few instances

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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)

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

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

In tracing this identity, we can only, of course, find it in few instances in the cultivated Javanese and Malayan languages.

From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry

The fresh-water strata may sometimes be seen to retain their horizontality within a very slight distance of the border-rocks, while in some places they are inclined, and in few instances vertical.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir