Example sentences of "a few case of " in BNC.

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1 This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved .
2 Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years .
3 I have been persuaded by the publishers to adopt the spellings on the latest maps of the Ordnance Survey and where these differ from those previously accepted have done so with reluctance , rebelling only in a few cases of change in long-familiar names .
4 During Kimon 's absence , the democratization of the Athenian constitution was taken a stage further : the Areopagus , the upper council in the Athenian state , composed of ex-archons , was deprived of its political and legal functions , other than those which concerned a few cases of homicide .
5 In view of the potential for chlamydia to damage the fallopian tubes we may even prevent a few cases of infertility in the process .
6 These results are , however , probably too optimistic as a few cases of reocclusion by hyperplasia through the mesh have been reported with metallic stents placed either percutaneously or endoscopically ( C Liguory , personal communication ) for postsurgical CBD strictures .
7 A survey of usage also brings to light a few cases of a rare use — the to infinitive denoting an action after make .
8 In a few cases of epilepsy , T. canis infection has been identified serologically , but the significance of the association has yet to be established .
9 An individual GP probably gets to see only a few cases of Meningitis in his career .
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