in few instances
Example Sentences
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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
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
I feel this, and in few instances more sensibly than in the behaviour of Captain McDonald.
From History of Prince Edward Island by Campbell, Duncan
Controversy is not seldom excited in consequence of the disputants attaching each a different meaning to the same word; and in few instances has this been more striking than in disputes concerning the present subject.
From English literary criticism by Various
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
