in few instances
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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
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
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
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
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
