in few instances
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Indeed, in few instances has senseless indiscrimination done more mischief; for means inapt and injurious have been had recourse to, where skilful and timely interference would have had the happiest effects.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose
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
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 Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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
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.
