Example sentences of "more than usual " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 2 | Yesterday , Achievements marched up and down the grey columns of the party paper Neues Deutschland with more than usual determination . |
| 3 | Yet the markets may have over-reacted even more than usual . |
| 4 | In addition there was the tension of waiting for news from the Ministry of Sport and despite all Herr Nordern 's warnings , based on his own profound experience of bureaucracy , he , as well as the rest of the family , found himself waiting with more than usual interest for the postman 's knock . |
| 5 | The most conspicuous group to emerge from the 947 names on the Prime Minister 's list — about 30 more than usual — are key figures in the traumatic aftermath to the terrorist bombing of Pan-Am 's Flight 103 over Lockerbie last December . |
| 6 | His moustache seemed to stand out more than usual . |
| 7 | No more than usual , was the answer , but at last it was enough to break the spell . |
| 8 | Or ( for a woman ) is your period due and that is causing you to weigh more than usual ? perhaps you ate more than you realized the previous week ? |
| 9 | Tremayne , sensing it also , fussed over her even more than usual and Fiona herself made visible efforts to act normally and as she said ‘ be sensible ’ . |
| 10 | He looked ashen — even more than usual . |
| 11 | Well , not any more than usual . |
| 12 | His conscience was stirred even more than usual , especially about his habit of raiding orchards , and he came under conviction of sin . |
| 13 | Its being so means that more than usual demands must be made on available resources , whether human or material . |
| 14 | I mean he knew you were good for a few lire more than usual . ’ |
| 15 | Denis noticed that his uncle , sitting about three seats ahead of him was coughing more than usual , and glaring openly at the briars either side of him . |
| 16 | Suddenly you might find yourself crying more than usual over a sad — or even a happy — television programme , book or film . |
| 17 | Excitement usually increases the rate of speech , raises the voice pitch and there may be more than usual gesticulation . |
| 18 | More than usual |
| 19 | This was always ‘ the morning after the day before ’ for Dad who used to eat much more than usual on Christmas Day and the nuts that he consumed , plus the unaccustomed glass or two of Cripp 's Tarragona wine all went to help upset his tummy . |
| 20 | Granville eventually inherited the estate and his connection with Stoke Poges may be of more than usual significance . |
| 21 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 22 | KNICKERS are being twisted even more than usual in a recent Bulletin of the British Psychological Society ( vol 35 , p 329 et seq . ) . |
| 23 | There are two reasons why this 1956 mono recording of Orff 's well-worn choral work is of more than usual interest . |
| 24 | Then : ‘ So that 's why he 's been away more than usual . |
| 25 | ‘ No more than usual , ’ she replied artlessly . |
| 26 | Although most of them rarely attend , hereditary peers could still , if they so wished , dominate the proceedings of the House of Lords , and it occasionally happens , when a matter of vital and controversial national concern , such as the abolition of hanging , galvanises them , that many more than usual attend . |
| 27 | This new record has got five original songs on it and that 's more than usual . |
| 28 | Afterwards , I eyed the other pedestrians in Soho Square with more than usual paranoia , ready for any one of them to turn into a crack-crazed mugger . |
| 29 | Remember your feet have probably expanded and you might have to unlace your trainers far more than usual . |
| 30 | On the occasions when I have tried this , I have found that I enjoy admiring what I have done much more than usual — the finished job seems to have a glow , which lasts longer than one would expect . |