Example sentences of "but [prep] a few case " in BNC.
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1 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
2 | Usually the date of publication may be taken as given , but in a few cases — particularly where publication in book form follows several years after original research — imprint date should be compared against any dates given in the foreword or introduction . |
3 | But in a few cases careful evidence must be gathered to show whether the attachment falls within Cox v Harrison at ( B ) 7 above . |
4 | Functionally the antennae are organs of special -sense ( Schneider , 1964 ; see also p. 139 ) but in a few cases they are modified for other uses . |
5 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
6 | The outer-arc ridge is usually a submarine feature but in a few cases , such as Barbados in the West Indies and Middleton Island in the Aleutian Arc in Alaska , parts of it are exposed above sea level . |