I arrived later than usual.

He arrived earlier than usual.

The meeting ended earlier than usual.

We walked more quickly than usual.

We have less snow than usual.

I went to bed later than usual.

On weekends I got up later than usual.

This morning I got up an hour earlier than usual.

In environmental circles, we often hear that, rather than shifting to renewables, we are continuing with business as usual.

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

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

Voters political enthusiasm has boosted to a rare peak and early voting of some states has been far more than usual.

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

The Usual Suspect

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.

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.

They tried the usual psychotherapy.

Sameer Khader Business as usual.

The usual sort of thing.

Business as Usual with Russia?

He was late as usual.

Inflation was modest throughout and, owing to higher than usual fiscal surpluses, public debt levels in the Gulf States were in some instances slightly reduced.

The more usual case is overeating.

I got up early as usual.

It cannot be business as usual.

'This is not usual,' Ferrell recalled saying.

England is right behind you, as usual.

Bill was late for school as usual.

He got up at five as usual.

He must have missed his usual train.

But that's not a usual case in history.

One sceptic is Karolinska Institute endocrinologist Claude Marcus, whose work includes assessing the biological maturity of people to see if they went through puberty earlier or later than usual.

As usual the peasants are busy scattering grain seeds.

You cannot solve this problem with the usual method.

Sheffield Wednesday is playing their usual long ball game.

Business as usual and fighting to maintain vested interests

Tipping has now become the usual practice in Thailand.

In 2015, though, this behavioral difference has been less pronounced than usual. One reason is that emerging market energy importers have a much larger global economic footprint than they did in the 1980s, and their approach to oil markets is much more interventionist than in the advanced countries.

In the immediacy of victory their first thoughts were for Williams, who had spent a nervy morning talking a little more than usual in an attempt to process his own anxieties.

Start as usual, go the other way around the loop.

But this does not follow any of the usual trends.

When you start kpresenter , the usual koffice startup dialog appears.

No reference checks. None of the usual background stuff, no.

Because of commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), business as usual was not an option and there was no choice other than stepping up initiatives to reach agreed goals and targets.

I recall one patient who was at that point no more than a skeleton encased in shrinking skin, unable to speak, his mouth crusted with candida that was resistant to the usual medications.