1.   However, unscandalised as the people professed to be, a larger than usual number were prepared to buy the Sunday Times.

2.   And speaking of tempestuous ... opening night contained more than the usual number of technical difficulties.

3.   Anticipating the usual number of firings at the end of the season, he made a request of every owner in a series of conference calls in October.

4.   A nice clutch of good pictures stands out here between the usual numbers of boring ones, and a surprisingly large complement of relatively unknown photographers is a bonus.

5.   A higher than usual number of volunteers turned out in Champs de Mars, a downtown park, to drill Wednesday morning.

6.   But Smith said that recruiting stations around the country had received a higher than usual number of calls from veterans who wanted to know if they could do anything.

7.   Critics praised the daring new production concept but found the orchestra sound anemic, because the stage accommodated just half the usual number of strings.

8.   During the holidays nearly everyone is busy and most people have a calendar filled with more than their usual number of activities.

9.   Eventually, everyone agreed the evidence was sufficient, since two different cell lines in two different laboratories were now significantly beyond their usual number of divisions.

10.   Fans will most likely see an extremely heavy police presence in stadiums, and larger than usual numbers of undercover officers are expected.