Example sentences of "more than the usual [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 Every disease presents its own peculiar problems which fascinate and challenge investigators , but tuberculosis has more than the usual range of difficulties .
2 It easily unlocked his heart , one that bore more than the usual share of tragedy .
3 The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral .
4 All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! !
5 In cases where we can identify people who would be penalized more than the usual sort of fifty pence charge .
6 He , after all , found her quite as repulsive as she found him and , as the two of them waltzed from oven to sink , from window to cutlery drawer , staring up , down , sideways , anywhere but at each other , Henry had always assumed that this was no more than the usual politesse of a failed English , suburban marriage .
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