in few instances

I feel this, and in few instances more sensibly than in the behaviour of Captain McDonald.

From History of Prince Edward Island by Duncan Campbell

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 Nathaniel Armstrong Wells

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 Frederick Marryat

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 George H. Heffner

Life is, in few instances, and at rare intervals, the diapason of a heavenly melody; oftenest the fierce jar of disruptions and convulsions, which, do what we will, there is no disregarding.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys