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 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
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
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
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
