Example sentences of "in a few cases [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a few cases they were even using corporate planning techniques to reshape the political face of their councils in ways never envisaged by the Bains or Paterson Reports . |
| 2 | In most cases these skills were of a very general nature ; in a few cases they were highly specific to the particular organisation . |
| 3 | The early railway unions that emerged during the 1890s were generally socialist in orientation , although in a few cases they were anarcho-syndicalist . |
| 4 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 5 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |