I went to bed later than usual.

Six years later there was again civil unrest, and Richard spent Christmas in the security of the Tower rather than Windsor as was more usual.

However, the rains began around two weeks later than usual and thus are expected to lead to a 30 reduction in rainfall for the 2009 season.

When it took longer than usual, his family panicked.

More than the usual blame game is at work here.

This will involve far more than just the usual regional actors and conflicts.

Increased levels of INR means blood is taking more time than usual to clot.

This dollar invasion is making macroeconomic management in emerging countries even more challenging than usual.

Other leadership skills are more important than the usual distinction between transformational and transactional leaders.

It can also cover substances which are present in much higher concentrations than are usual.

If, at a later date, the woman wants to have a child, why should she use the DNA of her earlier, aborted fetus rather than conceiving another fetus in the usual way? Each fetus the one she aborts and the one she later conceives through sexual intercourse has its own unique DNA.

Indeed, the International Energy Agency noted in September that the usual relationship between oil prices and inventory levels has broken down, with prices much higher than the usual relationship would suggest.

This route was through a huge marsh, which happened to be more flooded than usual for spring.

It is more usual to see such techniques proposed for air capture, than for flue gas treatment.

Less than a decade later, much has changed.

More than a century later, the game continues.

Bin Laden's December 2004 message was much more vehement than usual in this speech, lasting over an hour.

That rings truer today more than 70 years later than in his own day.

China, as usual, is the most extreme example, now accounting for more than one half of global cement consumption.

Neither can be true, not with unemployment so high and the average spell of unemployment much longer than usual.

Contrary to the usual rule for sexual dimorphism among birds of prey, the female is smaller than the male.

Over the past year, the list of tragedies arising from nature or human conduct has grown longer than usual.

More than two years later, however, the situation has changed.

His face, particularly the eyes, and his feet were swollen, with his cheeks and bloodied nose seemingly thicker than usual.

They are pressuring the ECB to raise rates sooner than later.

The mandate will be reviewed no later than 15 June 2006.

Such statements sounded new to Chinese ears, because they accentuated politics rather than trumpeting the Party s usual emphasis on economic determinism.

Given these political realities, keeping ordinary citizens content about civilian nuclear power has become a greater priority than usual in both countries.

The Norwegians raided during the winter between 840 and 841, rather than the usual summer, having waited on an island off Ireland.

Reprints were still being produced more than 30 years later in 1868.

Sameer Khader Business as usual.

They tried the usual psychotherapy.

She came late as usual.

Business as Usual with Russia?

Round up the usual suspects.

The unprecedented generosity after the Indian Ocean tsunami had given it the rare opportunity to rebuild community infrastructure and maintain programming for longer than usual, rather than merely meeting immediate survival needs.

As a symbol of India s economic strength, the rupee s fall has provoked more than the usual hand wringing and angst at home and abroad.

Each year the delivery of the IAEA's annual report to the General Assembly is a time for reflection, but today perhaps more than usual.

CRC keeps the money that s left over. Even if the wind does not blow as hard as usual or operating and maintenance expenses turn out to be higher than we assumed, there is enough of a cushion that bondholders will be paid out on schedule. Three years later, it s proceeding on course.

But it's not about literary critique nor religious freedom, what is striking and different than Ayaan, Wafa and the usual anti Islamic sentiments is made clear by Tasnim when she says that it is like an inversion of the usual freedom of speech issue.

It cannot be business as usual.

105. The Peacebuilding Commission should begin its work no later than 31 December 2005.

But, less than a year later, the referendum is de facto taking place anyway.

The Peace Agreement required the elections to be held no later than October 2005.

Decisions should be taken sooner rather than later, so that the eurozone itself shapes events, rather than being commanded by them.