Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] usual [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We selected contacts with the following characteristics : * Those deeper than the usual limit of the fish echoes ( 30 m ) . |
| 2 | The curved tooth cuts faster and smoother than the usual block-shaped TCT tooth . |
| 3 | NOT CONTENT with Physics or Maths homework 25 years ago , a group of young men wanted something more than the usual pastime so they built a railway . |
| 4 | Every disease presents its own peculiar problems which fascinate and challenge investigators , but tuberculosis has more than the usual range of difficulties . |
| 5 | Chancellor faces Budget decisions of more than the usual complexity |
| 6 | It easily unlocked his heart , one that bore more than the usual share of tragedy . |
| 7 | And thus the reader has to go more than the usual way he goes to understand what he 's looking at . |
| 8 | There was no initial reason to suspect Daine 's Dream was anything more than the usual hacker incursion , too tiny to bother about . |
| 9 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 10 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 11 | Henry Ratter set up a moodified Quality in Action workshop for a group of 25 heads and LEA officers , many more than the usual number . |
| 12 | As an extreme right-winger , I have read your recent post-apocalypse editions with more than the usual merriment . |
| 13 | I can see his point of view , and will take the opportunity to express my appreciation of those farmers who cheerfully give permission with no more than the usual reminder to shut the gates . |
| 14 | In cases where we can identify people who would be penalized more than the usual sort of fifty pence charge . |
| 15 | Special mention has to be made of staff serving the Regional Chambers and headquarters who had to cope with more than the usual pressure ! ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The thousand pound machine he 's riding is called a recumbant , it 's faster than the usual type of racing bike and has the added advantage of giving it 's rider , as the name suggests , a more leisurely riding position . |
| 18 | The Bizet is given a sparkling performance too , while generously the Ravel comes in the complete ballet version , even more hauntingly atmopheric than the usual suite . |
| 19 | We then set out to look for contacts that come from sources other than the usual lake fish . |
| 20 | Once again , no stops were required ( other than the usual safety stop at three metres ) and there was a feeling that this computer would have coped with far more strenuous dives with ease . |
| 21 | The peeled-off clothes lie in a tumbled pile , and — at a velocity far greater than the usual speed of a naked mortal 's shy and shivering run — I convey her into the water , and out of the shallows . |