1.   Cornelius got in double rations.

2.   A reader from Crook, County Durham, writes to The Northern Echo complaining that some shops are being unfairly allocated double rations of eggs.

3.   One of the first demands of the conquering Germans was tor a double ration of tobacco -- to mask the intolerable odour of corpses.

4.   Giving double rations to the entire family of a badly malnourished child lessens the chance that parents or siblings will steal food for themselves.