1.   Bakhtin is unusual among literary critics in making the focus of his activity the Novel rather than lyric poetry or drama.

2.   He was also unusual among philologists in having had a price on his head.

3.   This state of affairs is, if not unique, certainly unusual among disciplines.

4.   Such prudence is unusual among politicians.

5.   Bradford is unusual among British cities in that the largest group of Caribbeans in the city are not Jamaicans, but Dominicans.

6.   Although there has been an increase in lead lawsuits nationwide against both private and public landlords, New York is unusual among cities.

7.   Although Yale is unusual among most American colleges in housing the vast majority of its students on campus, it is not alone in experiencing this exodus.

8.   As a result, the Ace and Tempest agreement is fairly unusual among the larger Bermuda companies.

9.   As I checked out, I found that EToys even ships abroad, which is unusual among e-tailers.

10.   At Rochester, where the financial aid situation was judged to be growing out of control last fall, officials came up with a plan unusual among private institutions.