Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] few case " in BNC.

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1 Only in a few cases is it unclear whether a crater is volcanic or from an impact , and in comparably few cases does it seem more likely that a crater is of volcanic origin .
2 In practice it may be possible to make an enlightened guess as to the origin and type of infection involved , but in very few cases can the physician be one hundred per cent sure of his diagnosis .
3 In very few cases should human beings be tempted to fight violence with violence .
4 The House has , however , departed from its own previous decisions in very few cases .
5 In very few cases is homework a freely chosen option and the more women are trapped into it the more likely is the erosion of services , nursery centres and transport , to trap them into it .
6 In too few cases has the reduction been accompanied by an admission that the new base will be more sustainable in future .
7 Undoubtedly , the WFS data are affected by both sampling and response errors , and in many cases infant mortality rates for maternal ages under 20 and over 40 are based on too few cases ( less than 500 births ) .
8 The reasons for these two situations arising could be because the correct word is not in the word list , but this in fact accounts for very few cases .
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