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The phrase "aside from a few instances" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate exceptions or to highlight that something is generally true with some minor exceptions.
Example: "Aside from a few instances, the project has been running smoothly and on schedule."
Alternatives: "except for a few cases" or "other than a few examples".
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Yet there's not that much I'd cut from it, aside from a few instances of bald theme-stating toward the end.
For example, numerous investigators have noted the apparent 'mutual exclusivity' of oncogenic alleles of well-known proto-oncogenes in certain types of cancer, but, aside from a few instances (Petti et al., 2006; Sensi et al., 2006), without experimentally verified explanations.
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There aren't many connected themes in the collection, aside from quite a few instances of brotherly competition and hostility — the book is dedicated to Shepard's brother, which feels a bit like "Hamlet" being dedicated to Uncle Claudius — and what connections you find feel like those you'd notice after reading 11 stories in the newspaper.
A few instances of teacher commentary aside, what goes in our home-packed school lunches has been something left for us to decide at home.
In a few instances, countries combined.
For instance, aside from a few commonly expressed miRNAs, such as bmo-miR-8, bmo-miR-13, bmo-miR-263a, bmo-miR-275, bmo-miR-279, bmo-miR-285mo-miR-285 and bmo-miR-306, most of them were found development-related (Table 3) although some may be due to inadequate sampling that often results less reliable statistics.
Aside from a few bright spots, video proceeded uninspiringly last week.
Lincoln Park, however, aside from a few areas, isn't landmarked.
Aside from a few candles in the lobby, it was dark from late afternoon until morning.
But aside from a few minor edits, the writers no longer care about Season 7.
Aside from a few isolated spots, the world has been conquered by hotel chains.
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