With women in the parliament, and, on rare occasion, behind the wheel of a taxi, things have improved in recent times.

On the rare occasion that England wins a big match these days, victory is attributed to a typically English fighting spirit, coupled with fair play.

This year also marks a much less noted anniversary, an occasion on which de Gaulle showed how his rare combination of determination, political skill, and rhetorical ability could be brought to bear to face down determined opposition.

Brave leadership is rare.

A rare Persian Leopard.

From Rare Book Room.

This is very rare.

These instances are rare.

Political violence has been rare.

These are not rare occurrences.

This is one such occasion.

If EID s were rare, management through crisis response might be cost effective. But EID s are not rare at all.

Big speculative bubbles are rare events.

Real debt defaults are historically rare.

The smile was rare and constrained.

But we have a rare quality.

This type of cancer is rare.

The condition is rare in adults.

Many rare diseases appear early in life, and about 30 percent of children with rare diseases will die before reaching their fifth birthday.

The Beinecke Rare Book Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut.

How did you come by these rare books?

A real friend is like a rare bird.

Indeed, China has a rare problem excessive savings.

Top down directives and outright censorship are rare.

Rare earth mines are found throughout the world.

Such conspiracy theories are not rare in Asia.

Side effects are rare but can be serious.

The occasion was solemn and charged with symbolism.

I hope they will rise to the occasion.

A few countries on occasion refused refugees entry.

On that occasion, the President delivered a statement.

Such rapid industrial rises are rare, but not unprecedented.

They also published some very rare photos of him.

In the developed world, this is a rare disease.

Otherwise it looks much like the other rare earths.

Famine had been relatively rare during the 16th century.

In rare cases, no primary tumor can be discerned.

This is a rare report of the Zhabdrung remaining.

Zeinobia wrote here about the Egyptian victory saying We played a good game against Ghana, and at the end fate made Gedo the reason of making nearly 80 million Egyptian happy around the globe, uniting them in a very rare occasion regardless of its psychological meaning or political meaning or whatever.

Here's how bloggers from the region marked the occasion.

Football can also be the occasion of positive gestures.

On Twitter, Egyptians shared their feelings on the occasion.

Event on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day

Indeed, rare earth elements are rare only in the sense that they are distributed in small quantities and must be extracted from ores, a time consuming process.

For most of them, this is quite a rare experience.