"I know it's an election year. And after last week, it's clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

When this happens, poor people have to tighten their belts and live on less money than usual.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

If you have less money than usual, you may have to tighten your belt.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

This would guarantee they would last a great deal longer than usual.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

He had a bad cold that seemed to last longer than usual.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Allergist Burt Wolf says this year was worse than usual.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

Saturday night in Acapulco was livelier than usual, with gun shots and grenade blasts echoing through the streets near beachside hotels.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Rodriguez acknowledged that the evening's pre-ceremony chatter - made up of over 80 mother tongues - was even more excited than usual.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

That is the normal flu season and is expected to be worse than usual this year.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The opening day of a Supreme Court term often draws a variety of protesters to the high court steps, and Monday was no different, though perhaps a bit more subdued than usual.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

But they also expect a slower-than-usual recovery.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Water in the South Korean portion of the Imjin River surged Sunday more than four and a half meters, about twice its usual level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

It exposes a patient to much larger doses of radiation than the usual x-ray.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

"It does not really matter because in the best case scenario we have today,we will still have a moderate virus that is projected to cause several million deaths extra deaths than the usual influenza annual mortality, which means that even in the best-case scenario, we do have an emergency on our hand,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.04