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
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)
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
