The amount of sleep was based on their reporting of a child's usual bedtime and wake time.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Ted Kooser says there was a time when poetry was a usual feature in newspapers.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

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

"Whereas the oil industry may find it business as usual to have a certain number of spills, it is really not acceptable, especially in this day and age.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

He listed the usual chocolate,a movie, maybe go to a party.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

But it was not a usual Five Hundred.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

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

VOA: special.2009.05.29

"I am optimistic,". "So as usual in our culture, the first week is always a week of observation.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

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

In a break with usual White House practice, the official announcement on Cuba was delivered in two languages: Gibbs spoke in English and Restrepo in Spanish.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

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

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

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

You got four full weeks of vacation - twice the usual paid time away - and editors got a week of company-paid educational travel to anyplace they wanted to go in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"There are,of course,some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

"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