Unusual in A Sentence

    1

    It was unusual having nothing to do.

    2

    Well, that's an unusual name.

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    Talking with Fritz was better than nothing, but this young man had an unusual way of thinking.

    4

    Do they have anything unusual, like four moons?

    5

    This book is unusual for two reasons.

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    His words were spoken with an unusual amount of venom.

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    Felipa didn't seem to notice anything unusual in his attitude, so maybe he had always treated them that way.

    8

    The unusual language and repetition made the story seem unreal.

    9

    You have such an inquisitive mind, crammed full of unusual facts.

    10

    The parking lot was empty, and the only sign of unusual activity was the open gate.

    11

    He pushed his way into the small apartment and flung the unusual Miami rain from his clothes.

    12

    If not for her unusual power, and his cold magic, she would've considered him crazy.

    13

    She couldn't agree with him more, but it was an unusual viewpoint for a man.

    14

    Having spent most of his years in battle, he understood when a traditional approach would not work with an unusual opponent.

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    You're an unusual female.

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    However unusual their relationship might be, it was perfectly healthy.

    17

    They have an unusual tread.

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    Probably not as unusual as you think.

    19

    His power was checked but his unusual presence enough to draw the looks of those around them.

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    She knew that her going in during the night at an unusual hour would irritate him.

    21

    Once again she was struck by the unusual blue of his eyes.

    22

    I guessed vaguely from my mother's signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps.

    23

    They're all several hours after the fact and come from an unusual viewpoint; not where there would naturally be someone observing.

    24

    Yes, the tips proved accurate an unusual number of times.

    25

    Your blood test results were unusual.

    26

    There was absolutely nothing that Dean could see to indicate any unusual pattern or unaccounted time.

    27

    Neither of us could recall anything unusual.

    28

    The eatery also offers many unusual cocktails and a long list of wines and beers, as well as plenty of non-alcoholic beverages.

    29

    That's unusual, I know, but we both like it that way.

    30

    Their menu offers many antipasti choices, but the entrée options are more limited but unusual.

    31

    Fall meals may include such unusual delicacies as lamb neck with corn and chanterelle mushrooms, black cod with clams and black garlic, and leek bread pudding with fennel.

    32

    In this eatery, it is not unusual to find chicken souvlaki, hamburgers, moussaka, matzah ball soup, and baked ziti on the same menu.

    33

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served; menu items run from the mundane to unusual.

    34

    Your eyes... they are so unusual.

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    Damian felt the unusual urge to look in on her again, to feel her soft skin against him once more and make sure she was safe.

    36

    His arm slipped around her waist, drawing her close, and she stared up into those unusual amber eyes.

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    She gazed out the window as if she hadn't noticed anything unusual.

    38

    Dr. Williams said my blood tests were unusual.

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    It wasn't unusual for him to unwind after a trip by taking a ride and Carmen accepted it with the usual grace.

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    He's unusual, but you should be safe from him.

    41

    He was listening with unusual attentiveness.

    42

    He was accompanied by his brother, the Grey God, Darian, whose unusual power bent the air around him in a mix of light and shadows.

    43

    The church, which contains numerous interesting monuments, possesses also the unusual feature of an apsidal Decorated chapel.

    44

    A series of fresh depositions were sent in against her, and in June 1679 it was decided that she must stand her trial; but she was protected by the king, who in this instance showed unusual chivalry and earned her gratitude.

    45

    The swift, unhesitating charge was more than unusual in the wars of the time, and was possible only because of the peculiar earnestness of the men who fought the English war.

    46

    Jesus is but a man in whom this reminiscence is unusually strong, and who has consequently attained to unusual spiritual excellence and power.

    47

    If it means all experience it assumes the point to be proved; if it means only common experience then it simply asserts that the miracle is unusual - a truism.

    48

    He urged the need of adopting a permanent tariff policy, and on Dec. 5 1921 suggested a " flexible tariff " which might provide for the adjustment of rates to meet unusual and changing conditions.

    49

    Most unusual, this will make an excellent aperitif, or for general drinking.

    50

    However, symptoms sometimes follow unusual exertion or strain, which may be blamed at first.

    51

    Over the years both staff and visitors have reported unusual goings-on, particularly in the chemist and attic areas.

    52

    That was unusual for Brandon.

    53

    He didn't need his people to see someone quite so … unusual.

    54

    He drifted into restless sleep, praying his unusual visitor was wrong.

    55

    This grows under oaks, in clusters - a most unusual character for the mushroom, and is said to be excellent for the table.

    56

    In 61 Gabinius, then praetor, endeavoured to win the public favour by providing games on a scale of unusual splendour, and in 58 managed to secure the consulship, not without suspicion of bribery.

    57

    There are a number of unusual provisions in the constitution of Nevada.

    58

    Remittent is a not unusual form of the malarial process in tropical and subtropical countries, and in some localities or in some seasons it is more common than intermittent.

    59

    Owing to the skill shown on this occasion he seems to have been applied to when any manifesto of unusual ability was required.

    60

    While, however, it is now not unusual to speak of "the Nonconformist.

    61

    The strong and masterful character of these and other colleagues made the task of the prime minister one of unusual difficulty, a fact which was recognized by contemporaries.

    62

    This knowledge, joined to what he had gathered by historical reading of equally unusual extent, he carefully digested and gave to the world in his Biographisch-literarisches Handworterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften, containing notices of the lives and labours of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, and chemists, of all peoples and all ages.

    63

    Several globes of unusual dimensions were produced in the course of last century.

    64

    Meanwhile, and throughout his long episcopate of thirty-two years, he foreshadowed the zeal and the enlightened policy later to be displayed in the prolonged period of his pontificate, building and restoring many churches, striving to elevate the intellectual as well as the spiritual tone of his clergy, and showing in his pastoral letters an unusual regard for learning and for social reform.

    65

    It is therefore from the point of view of its "charm" that the genius of Stevenson must be approached, and in this respect there was between himself and his hooks, his manners and his style, his practice and his theory, a very unusual harmony.

    66

    Minnesota has the characteristic climate of the North Central group of states, with a low mean annual temperature, a notably rarefied atmosphere that results in an almost complete absence of damp foggy weather, and an unusual dryness which during the rather long winters considerably neutralizes the excessive cold.

    67

    From 1891 to 1895 he represented the First Congressional District of Nebraska, normally Republican, in the national House of Representatives, and received the unusual honour of being placed on the important Committee on Ways and Means during his first term.

    68

    The alternate Fresnel's zones are blocked out or otherwise modified; in this way the original compensation is upset and a revival of light occurs in unusual directions.

    69

    While mining is not necessarily an unhealthy occupation, miners are subject to certain diseases resulting from vitiated air, and from unusual or special conditions under which at times they are forced to work.

    70

    Finally the parties still in the trenches slipped away, and when dawn broke the Turks, who had first ascertained that something unusual was afoot from the explosion of a vast mine in the Anzac area, and from conflagrations on the beaches where the few stores to be abandoned were being destroyed, discovered that the invaders were gone.

    71

    The aids were paid on a few occasions, determined by custom, where the lord was put to unusual expense, as for his ransom when captured by the enemy, or for the knighting of his eldest son.

    72

    During the later middle ages it was the seat of several diets, that of 1184 being of unusual size and splendour.

    73

    In his prime Gladstone was just six feet high, but his inches diminished as his years increased, and in old age the unusual size of his head and breadth of his shoulders gave him a slightly top-heavy appearance.

    74

    The plan is unusual, consisting of a large nave without aisles, the span being between 45 and 50 ft.; it also has two shallow transepts and an apsidal east end.

    75

    Numerous artesian wells furnish the city with an ample supply of water of unusual excellence.

    76

    He avoids not only every unusual but every superfluous word; and, although no writing can be more free from rhetorical colouring, yet there may from time to time be detected a glow of sympathy, like the glow of generous passion in Thucydides, the more effective from the reserve with which it betrays itself whenever he is called on to record any act of personal heroism or of devotion to military duty.

    77

    That he might equip himself the more completely for his duties, he took the unusual course of visiting India in person.

    78

    The Gospel and the First Epistle are written in correct and flowing Greek, and there is not a barbarism, a solecism, or a provincialism in them; whereas the Greek of the Apocalypse is inaccurate, disfigured by unusual or foreign words and even at times by solecisms."

    79

    The town was situated in an unusual position for a Greek city, on a flat marshy plain, and its walls form a.

    80

    An unusual density of urban settlement, furnishing excellent home markets and transportation facilities, are the main props of this new interest.

    81

    The vote varies from year to year, and it is not unusual for a certain number of municipalities to change from " licence " to " no licence," and vice versa.

    82

    In this capacity he was conspicuous for fearless independence of thought and action in his opinion in the test oath case, and in his dissenting opinions in the legal tender, conscription and "slaughter house" cases, which displayed unusual legal learning, and gave powerful expression to his strict constructionist theory of the implied powers of the Federal constitution.

    83

    As in India, the schedules had to be issued in an unusual number of languages, and were dealt with locally in the earlier stages of tabulation.

    84

    Expert naturalists accompanied the party, which did not emerge from the wilderness until the middle of the following March, bringing with it a collection which scientists pronounce of unusual value for students of natural history.

    85

    On Prince Albert's position the change had a marked effect, for in the absence of Melbourne the queen relied more particularly on his advice, and Peel himself at once discovered and recognized the prince's unusual charm and capacity.

    86

    The excessive delicacy of his constitution, not pampered appetite, exacted some unusual indulgences.

    87

    Tide-water Maryland is afforded rather unusual facilities of water transportation by the Chesapeake Bay, with its deep channel, numerous deep inlets and navigable tributaries, together with the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which crosses the state of Delaware and connects its waters with those of the Delaware river and bay.

    88

    The attack and defence of these entrenchments led to tactical phenomena of unusual interest.

    89

    St Paul was in any case an unusual writer, by no means facile or with ready command of expression; still, he could by an effort express what he wanted, and new situations called up new words and new minor ideas.

    90

    In May 1535, at the age of fourteen, he went up to St John's College, Cambridge, where he was brought into contact with the foremost educationists of the time, Roger Ascham and John Cheke, and acquired an unusual knowledge of Greek.

    91

    The water-supply is from wells sunk through the sandy soil to the rock; of these there are more than twenty - an unusual number for a Syrian town.

    92

    But in spite of du Junca's emphasis on the mask, it is in reality very questionable whether the wearing of a mask was an unusual practice.

    93

    This unusual predominance of rural over urban manufacturing is further shown by the fact that in 1900, 64.3% of the establishments reporting, and 69.3% of the value of their products were from factories classified as rural, and in 1905 the proportion of rural factories was 58.8%, and the value of their products 72.9% of the total.

    94

    The river Nipigon, on the north shore, is famous for speckled-trout (Salvelinus fontinalis, Mitchill) of unusual size; and all rivers and brooks falling into the lake are trout streams.

    95

    The book presents the unusual peculiarity of being written in two languages, i.-ii.

    96

    The delicate duties attached to this office he discharged with tact and energy; and in the "syncretistic" controversy, by which Protestant Germany was so long vexed, he showed an unusual combination of firmness with liberality, of loyalty to the past with a just regard to the demands of the present and the future.

    97

    Pontodrilus, seeks an unusual environment, and is found in heaps of sea-weed cast up by the sea.

    98

    After receiving the unusual honours of a triumph, he returned to the east with a large and well-equipped army.

    99

    In the same way some individuals show a special tendency to poisoning by doses of certain drugs which are harmless to the great majority of mankind, and hence we get unexpected or unusual results, these arising from special susceptibility on the part of certain organs.

    100

    An elderly woman in a nearby farm house heard a car stop, an unusual occurrence in so remote an area.

    101

    On occasion, a child who is severely afflicted may need to special or unusual accommodations.

    102

    We have included with her known ancestry an armorial portrait that readers might find fairly represents this talented actress's unusual beauty.

    103

    There is one very unusual feature of those opening chapters.

    104

    Even more unusual, the stubby tower hugs a later raised clerestory, quite out of keeping with each other.

    105

    Melrose Abbey is unusual tho not unique in having the cloister to the north of the church.

    106

    It certainly was not unusual for the Gestapo to leave known conspirators alone and free from arrest - until they were needed.

    107

    A more unusual display was that of several microlights hacking round the circuit despite the stiff crosswind.

    108

    At the end of the festival the unusual erection will be slowly deflated, leaving no trace of its existence.

    109

    Instead, try exploring unusual food shops, whether a really good deli or a Chinese supermarket.

    110

    It is extremely unusual to find all features associated with this ice disintegration so well preserved in such close proximity.

    111

    There was no mistaking his astonishing sincerity, his painfully earnest endeavor to impart to her some rather unusual id.. .

    112

    Its delightfully eccentric design will appeal to unconventional people who enjoy the unusual.

    113

    We also now have resident little egrets, these birds were unusual summer visitors from southern Europe until recent years.

    114

    Pre-shot materials projected on three screens will create an elusion of depth and unusual dimension behind the dancers.

    115

    While all things equestrian make up the bulk of his work he has been known to tackle some unusual and challenging commissions.

    116

    Playing games on of prisonthe feds give the unusual.

    117

    The collection included unusual pewter flagons, measures, chargers and plates and was estimated to fetch between £ 10,000 â £ 12,000.

    118

    A Small pearl bordered fritillary was the most unusual.

    119

    A Gray Topshell (a usually abundant small gastropod) on an Oyster was unusual for this beach.

    120

    I have had a lot of unusual activity at our house (you might say ghostly ).

    121

    Are you looking for a company that can supply unique unusual birthday gifts?

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    Asian grocers are good places to pick up unusual varieties.

    123

    The Glastonbury Thorn is simply a sport of common hawthorn, unusual but not unknown elsewhere.

    124

    This white horse once had an unusual feature, a glass eye.

    125

    The gardens are renowned for their rare and unusual trees collected by intrepid plant hunters during the Eighteenth Century.

    126

    An unusual offer to help Bedford Rugby Club has come from, guess what, a stage hypnotist.

    127

    His unusual style could be described as a cross between Bo Diddley and cult â80s indie band Stump.

    128

    Most PEPc kinase genes contain a single conserved intron but solanaceous plants have one unusual PEPc kinase gene with a second intron.

    129

    The ' Lion Rock ' is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 meters from the scrub jungle.

    130

    The maist unusual place I've written a poem wis in the crypt unner an auld kirk in Prague in the Czech Republic.

    131

    Apart from natural speech reproduction, the IL 12.2 stands out due to its unusual phase linearity an a broad dynamic range.

    132

    The park is well known for its herds of elephants, and for its unusual tree-climbing lions.

    133

    In color it is an unusual crime melodrama with Paris locations.

    134

    It is not unusual to see them carrying quite a colony of parasitic mites.

    135

    Right from the very early days, writers have given their sleuths unusual monikers.

    136

    Children are known to often invent idiosyncratic notation to describe their mathematical findings, or to use algebraic notation in unusual ways.

    137

    My buggy was also annoyingly prone to breaking down, not an unusual occurrence by all reports.

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    Thus the Blounts had an unusual opportunity to avoid the labels ' recusant ' and ' church papist ', if they so wished.

    139

    The exhibition is bursting with fascinating and unusual exhibits including a tank of live piranhas, the giant mole and a beached sea creature.

    140

    With the help of the Internet or some good books, some excellent unusual names can be found.

    141

    Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle are just a few that could be developed into unusual names.

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    Online translation tools are an interesting way to find extremely unusual names - as well as presenting a great way to while away a few hours!

    143

    Inspiration for unusual cat names can be found even in the most mundane areas of life.

    144

    Long names are great and offer plenty of scope for the unusual, however they will need to be shortened.

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    Picking an unusual name for a cat can be great fun, and it can be a source of pleasure for the entire family.

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    There is no reason why these names shouldn't be given a contemporary makeover or an unusual twist.

    147

    Monitoring your cat's litter box for an unusual stool is one way to make sure your pet stays healthy.

    148

    Today, the Siamese cat is appreciated for its unique appearance and unusual temperament.

    149

    Americans would soon discover this breed and become enamored of the unusual characteristics.

    150

    Breeders were selectively breeding the cats to exhibit unusual traits such as extreme tubular-looking bodies, long legs and a wedge-shaped head.

    151

    Own an unusual cat - Non pedigree kittens and mixed breeds often have a unique look unlike other cats.

    152

    The most unusual thing about the Cornish Rex is the short, wavy fur.

    153

    Some bites may begin to have an unusual odor.

    154

    It is not unusual for your pet to have accidents during the last weeks of gestation.

    155

    It is not unusual for a cat to sit on her owner's lap and purr deeply when petted.

    156

    Add to this the usual (or rather unusual) shenanigans of Greg, his best friend Rowley and the Heffleys, and its no wonder that the book has been an almost instant his on the Best Seller list.

    157

    The world, known as the Kingdom of Wisdom, introduces Milo to a number of remarkable characters and unusual friends.

    158

    Some variations on this cocktail offer surprising results using unusual ingredients.

    159

    A highly unusual pairing of grenadine and beer is called Grena-Beer, Christmas beer or Queen Mary.

    160

    This way you will notice if there is something unusual about the machine when you use it.

    161

    The Loss Prevention department monitors merchant accounts for unusual transaction activity.

    162

    If you're looking for a slightly unusual but delicious dessert, be sure to order the fried pineapple off the appetizer menu.

    163

    The kat is not unusual in Syria (44), and among the haematite weights of Troy (44) are nine examples, average 144, but not of extreme varieties.

    164

    A man of great force of character and much ability, of keen ambitions and unusual shrewdness, though not remarkable for breadth of mind, he attained to great influence in the executive government and was soon the leading spirit in that dominant group known in Upper Canadian history as the Family Compact.

    165

    Here Otho remained ten years, and his administration was marked by a moderation unusual at the time.

    166

    Lying within the rich agricultural region of the Lebanon and Schuylkill valleys and near vast fields of anthracite coal and iron ore, Reading possesses unusual business and industrial advantages.

    167

    We may also call attention to the greatly lengthened choir, commenced by Abbot John of York, 1203-1211, and carried on by his successor, terminating, like Durham Cathedral, in an eastern transept, the work of Abbot John of Kent, 1220-1247, and to the tower (D), added not long before the dissolution by Abbot Huby, 1494-1526, in a very unusual position at the northern end of the north transept.

    168

    But from the first he won great popularity even in the English-speaking provinces, and showed unusual capacity for leadership. His party was beaten in the first general election held after he became leader (1891), but even with its policy of unrestricted reciprocity with the United States, and with Sir John Macdonald still at the head of the Conservative party, it was beaten by only a small majority.

    169

    This is not an unusual arrangement in Lamellibranchs, and a similar disposition occurs in some Gastropoda (Haliotis).

    170

    The work of criticism has brought to light important examples of fluctuating tradition, singular lacunae in some places and unusual wealth of tradition in others, and has demonstrated that much of that which had long been felt to be impossible and incredible was due to writers of the post-exilic age many centuries after the presumed date of the events.

    171

    The preservative climate of Upper Egypt and the belief of the Egyptians in life after death must be the causes which led them to take unusual care for preserving the bodies of their dead.

    172

    There were no unusual epidemics during those years, and the rate given may be considered normal.

    173

    Riggs, is the unusual development of the premolar to the exclusion of the posterior teeth.

    174

    The municipal park system is one of unusual beauty, consisting of a chain of parks with a total area of about 1030 acres, encircling the city and connected by boulevards and driveways.

    175

    The mesocephalic appears to be the preponderant form of skull; though this is unusual among Melanesian races.

    176

    It is kept clean and cool by the waters of the river, which flow through the streets in open channels; and its old fortifications have been replaced by public walks, and, what is more unusual, by vineyards.

    177

    Peter had resolved to crown his consort empress, and on the 15th of November 1723 he issued a second manifesto explaining at some length why he was taking such an unusual step. That he should have considered any explanation necessary demonstrates that he felt himself to be treading on dangerous ground.

    178

    Most of the people are of moderate stature, but the chiefs and the women of their families have been remarkable for their height, and 400 pounds was formerly not an unusual weight for one of this class.

    179

    In the 11th century it was distinctly unusual for a peasant to possess a whole team of his own, and there is no reason for supposing the case to have been otherwise in early times; for though the peasant might then hold a hide, the hide itself was doubtless smaller and not commensurate in any way with the ploughland.

    180

    These works are written in a lucid, racy, picturesque style, which secured for them an unusual degree of popularity.

    181

    They rendered good service at Syracuse and Arginusae; but their greatest achievement was the decisive victory at Delium over the flower of the Athenian army (424), in which both their heavy infantry and their cavalry displayed unusual efficiency.

    182

    It is compiled out of an Adversaria, or commonplace book, in which he had jotted down everything of unusual interest that he heard in conversation or read in books, and it comprises notes on grammar, geometry, philosophy, history and almost every other branch of knowledge.

    183

    Litigation in the yarn trade is very unusual, and Lancashire traders generally have only vague notions of the bearing of law upon their transactions, and a wholesome dread of the exp'erience that would lead to better knowledge.

    184

    The term "commission agent" is now discredited, and buying done by Manchester houses on simple commission terms is unusual though not unknown.

    185

    It was distinguished by the unusual purity of the metal obtained, some of his samples containing 99.5 to 99.8%.

    186

    This unusual variation probably arises from early differences of opinion as to whether there was one Mark or more than one.

    187

    In the densely populated Netherlands, with no extensive forests, the fauna does not present any unusual varieties.

    188

    The sentence was executed the same day with circumstances of unusual cruelty.

    189

    Despite their troubled history and long subjection, the Belgic provinces still retained to an unusual degree their local liberties and privileges, and more especially the right of not being taxed, except by the express consent of the states.

    190

    The poem is evidently intended to display the writer's knowledge of obscure names and uncommon myths; it is full of unusual words of doubtful meaning gathered from the older poets, and many long-winded compounds coined by the author.

    191

    His works are marked by exegetical skill, unusual power of condensation and uniform fairness.

    192

    It does not appear that there was much suspicion of the garbling which had been practised - garbling not unusual at the time, and excused in this case by the fact of a lull in the troubles of Port Royal and a great desire on the part of its friends to do nothing to disturb that lull.

    193

    The dam and tunnel were works of unusual difficulty.

    194

    President Lincoln was of unusual stature, 6 ft.

    195

    His mother, Isabel Fenton, of a good family which had suffered from connexion with the Stuart rising of 1745, resolved that he should receive a first-rate education, and sent him first to the parish school and then to the Montrose Academy, where he remained till the unusual age of seventeen and a half.

    196

    It is not unusual for arcs and bands to look as if pulses or waves of light were travelling along them; also the direction in which these pulses travel does not seem to be wholly arbitrary.

    197

    In October 1907 an agreement was attained, thanks chiefly to the sobering of Hungarian opinion by a severe economic crisis, which brought out with unusual clearness the fact that separation from Austria would involve a 1907.

    198

    As an historian Procopius is of quite unusual merit, when the generally low literary level of his age is considered.

    199

    On the 31St March 1883, ten weeks after the arrival of the first draft of recruits, about 5600 men went through the ceremonial parade movements as practised by the British guards in Hyde Park, with unusual precision.

    200

    In the service of the Theban Ammon two priestesses called the Adorer of the God and the Wife of the God occupied very influential positions, and towards the Saite period it was by no means unusual for the king to secure these offices for his daughters and so to strengthen his own royal title.

    201

    He united two unusual gifts, being at the same time the most cultured man of his day, and also in the highest degree a practical person, who clearly perceived what would most rapidly educate and interest the uncultivated.

    202

    The principal theatres are liberally open to fresh dramatic talent of every kind, and the great fondness of the Danes for this form of entertainment gives unusual scope for experiments in halls or private theatres; nothing is too eccentric to hope to obtain somewhere a fair hearing.

    203

    But though he attained a fair practice at the bar, and was recognized as a lawyer of unusual mental distinction and clarity, his forensic success was not nearly so conspicuous as that of some of his contemporaries.

    204

    An unusual find was a Scythian royal grave in a tumulus at Solokha, in 1913.

    205

    Carlyle meanwhile was suffering domestic troubles, unfortunately not exceptional in their nature, though the exceptional intellect and characters of the persons concerned have given them unusual prominence.

    206

    Siward, a man of unusual strength and size, is said to have risen from his bed at the approach of death, and to have died dressed in all his armour.

    207

    But he has also unusual powers of hearing.

    208

    Many of the river bluffs rise to an unusual height, Starved Rock, near Ottawa, in La Salle county, being 150 ft.

    209

    The demand, though supported by plausible pretexts, was not only unusual but clearly inadmissible.

    210

    He was convicted by the Queen's Bench on the 21st of May 1 593, and hanged on the 29th at the unusual hour of 4 p.m., the signature of his old enemy Whitgift being the first of those affixed to the warrant.

    211

    His return was marked by another miraculous feeding of the multitude, and also by two healing miracles which present unusual features.

    212

    The passage stands almost alone as a revelation of inner conflict in a life which outwardly was marked by unusual calm.

    213

    This man's unusual faith, based on his soldierly sense of discipline, surprised the Lord, who declared that it had no equal in Israel itself.

    214

    But the theses posted somehow touched heart and conscience in a way unusual in the common subjects of academic disputation.

    215

    Notwithstanding its small size, Palestine presents a variety of geographical detail so unusual as to be in itself sufficient to mark it out as a country of especial interest.

    216

    If both the bodies are luminous, especially if they do not differ much in brilliancy, the motion of revolution is shown by a periodic doubling of the lines of the spectrum; when one body is moving towards us and the other away their spectral lines are displaced (according to Doppler's principle) in opposite directions, so that all the lines strong enough to appear in both spectra appear double; when the two bodies are in conjunction, and therefore moving transversely, their spectra are merged into one and show nothing unusual.

    217

    This Mahommed, the father of the two first Abbasid caliphs, was a man of unusual ability and great ambition.

    218

    The governor holds office for two years; he has the pardoning and veto power, but his veto may be overridden by a simple majority in each house of the whole number elected to that house (a provision unusual among the state constitutions of the Union).

    219

    Elections of members of the state legislature and of Congress are not held at the same time - a very unusual provision.

    220

    Elections are by Australian ballot; the constitution prescribes that no law shall " be enacted whereby the right to vote at any election shall be made to depend upon any previous registration of the elector's name " (extremely unusual).

    221

    In 1848 $500-$700 a day was not unusual luck; but, on the other hand, the income of the great majority of miners was certainly far less than that of men who seriously devoted themselves to trade or even to common labour.

    222

    The conjuncture of circumstances, and the immigration it induced, were unusual even for American conditions.

    223

    It stands up with a boldness quite unusual in a Dutch town, and steps are even necessary to lead to the higher portions of the town.

    224

    Of the French it is admitted that in their colonial possessions they displayed an unusual faculty for conciliating the prejudices of native races, and even for assimilating themselves to the latter.

    225

    Ibn Batesta notices two destructive pestilences in the 14th century, and Ferishta one in 1443, which he calls ta'un, and describes as very unusual in India.

    226

    This' popular idea has no foundation in fact, for continued observations have failed to show any unusual prevalence of gales at this season.

    227

    The more orthodox Sudras carry their veneration for the priestly class to such a degree that they will not cross the shadow of a Brahman, and it is not unusual for them to be under a vow not to eat any food in the morning, before drinking Bipracharanamrita, i.e.

    228

    A study of his works reveals an unusual combination of skill and originality in the mathematical treatment of many of the most difficult problems of astronomy, an unfailing patience and sagacity in dealing with immense masses of numerical results, and a talent for observation of the highest order.

    229

    Filial piety influenced in a quite unusual degree his feelings and his action all life through.

    230

    It is not unusual in the case of champagne to add some sugar to the must in the years in which the latter is deficient in this regard.

    231

    White port is made from white grapes, and a peculiarity of its manufacture is that the must is frequently fermented in the presence of the skins, which is most unusual in the case of white wines.

    232

    It is a very rich loamy earth, possessing great fertility and an unusual power of retaining moisture, which makes artificial irrigation little needed.

    233

    A rather unusual institution within New Mexico is the mounted police, who numbered I I in 1907, whose work was almost entirely in the cattle country, and who had authority to patrol the entire Territory and to make arrests or to preserve order wherever their presence was needed, unhampered by the restrictions limiting the jurisdiction of local police.

    234

    In this there was nothing unusual or illegal, and no objection would at that time have been made to it, but James introduced a certain innovation; he proposed that the opinions of the four judges should be given separately and in private.

    235

    Sometimes other proportions obtain, while it is not unusual to have quotations for flaxes containing four different kinds.

    236

    Neither the spirit nor the god is conceived as 7 So the epithet 'el might be applied in Hebrew to men of might, to lofty cedars, or mountains of unusual height, as well as to the Supreme Being.

    237

    The evidence rather implies that, so far as the sanctions of religion affect the savage at all, they affect him with unusual force.

    238

    But the rains set in with unusual violence, and Mir Jumla's army was almost annihilated by famine and sickness.

    239

    The census is taken in an unusual manner, being drawn up from the registries of the clergy according to parishes every ten years.

    240

    Cruelty is not a Persian vice; torture and punishments of an unusual and painful nature being part of their judicial system.

    241

    As to foreign relations, he received embassies from Europe and a deputation from the French East India Company; he sought to conciliate the Uzbegs by treating their refugee chiefs with unusual honor and sumptuous hospitality; he kept on good terms with Turkey; he forgave the hostility of a Georgian prince when brought to him a captive; and he was tolerant to all religionsalways regarding Christians with especial favor.

    242

    From the Restoration onwards the use of ceremonial lights, though far from universal, was not unusual in cathedrals and collegiate churches.

    243

    It is not unusual in bad seasons for a single grower to lose 30 per acre in one season.

    244

    It is written, for Scaliger, with unusual moderation and good taste, but perhaps for that very reason had not the success which its author wished and even expected.

    245

    In the United States the utility of the cod-hatching operations has been constantly asserted by representatives of the Bureau of Fisheries, but practically the only evidence adduced is the occasional appearance of unusual numbers of cod in the neighbourhood.

    246

    Taxation for ordinary municipal purposes is limited to 1 Y„ on property values, extra taxes being allowed for unusual purposes; but the city cannot be bonded without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the electorate.

    247

    Unusual courage and self-reliance were necessary for success.

    248

    To succeed in the aim no small amount of dexterity was required, and unusual ability in the game was rated as high as corresponding excellence in throwing the javelin.

    249

    One vase, of Corinthian workmanship, dates from the 6th century B.C.; and many of the early Christian relics are of unusual interest.

    250

    This is due in some degree to the energy of the early British geologists, whose work profoundly influenced all subsequent thought in the science, as may be seen by the general acceptation of so many of the English stratigraphical terms; but the natural conditions were such as to call forth and to stimulate this energy in an unusual way.

    251

    His mother, a daughter of the Rev. Solomon Stoddard, of Northampton, Mass., seems to have been a woman of unusual mental gifts and independence of character.

    252

    Strange shapes of hills and rocks, rare plants and animals, unusual faces and figures of men, questionable smiles and expressions, whether beautiful or grotesque, far-fetched objects and curiosities, were things he loved to pore upon and keep in memory.

    253

    In order the better to qualify himself for this appointment, he went to Europe (May 15th, 1826) and spent three years and a half travelling in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland and England, learning languages, for which he had unusual talent, and drinking in the spirit of the history and life of these countries.

    254

    The choir, with its unusual form and radiating chapels, plainly follows French models, but the name of the architect is lost.

    255

    A careful sifting of the available evidence would rather tend to represent Periander as a ruler of unusual probity and insight, and the exceptional firmness and activity of his government is beyond dispute.

    256

    His exemplary diligence and unusual mathematical capacity were soon noticed.

    257

    The term of the governor and other chief executive officers, which had been four years until the adoption of the constitution of 1865, under which it was two years, was restored to the long term (unusual in American practice).

    258

    The language and dialogue of Melite are on the whole simple and natural, and though the construction is not very artful (the fifth act being, as is not unusual in Corneille, superfluous and clumsy), it is still passable.

    259

    Nicomede, often considered one of Corneille's best plays, is chiefly remarkable for the curious and unusual character of its hero.

    260

    Again, in the use of decimals, it is unusual to give less than two figures.

    261

    The proximity of such good markets as Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis and Louisville, in addition to the local markets, and the unusual opportunities afforded by the railways that traverse every portion of the state, have been important factors in the rapid agricultural advance which has enabled Indiana to keep pace with the newly developed states farther west.

    262

    He was apparently taken by surprise by an assault at such an unusual time of the year, and was forced to escape with his military household to the isle of Athelney among the marshes of the Parrett.

    263

    The moment at which he made this U,ird third attempt was one of unusual anxiety.

    264

    By an overwhelming majority it threw its lot in favor of Gladstone; and Disraeli, without even venturing to meet parliament, took the unusual course of at once placing his resignation in the queens hands.

    265

    The Conservative government, which thus fell, will be chiefly recollected for its remarkable concession to democratic principles by the passage of the Reform Act of 1867; but it deserves perhaps a word of praise for its conduct of war, a distant and unusual war.

    266

    The election was conducted with unusual bitterness; but the constituencies practically affirmed the policy of the government by maintaining, almost unimpaired, the large ma$ority which the Unionists had secured in 1895.

    267

    His son and successor, Henry, 1st duke of Lancaster (c. 1300-1361), was a soldier of unusual distinction.

    268

    Paul was undoubtedly not a man of quick parts or unusual views, but he was handsome, attractive, strong-willed, and has never been accused of promoting nephews or favourites.

    269

    Fairbairn takes the rather unusual view that Greek Christian theology was the climax of the process of Greek philosophy, and so far alien to piety, although he is far from banishing speculation out of theology.

    270

    It is not an unusual thing for a working crew to find themselves at the dinner hour 2 m.

    271

    When he has acquired a little means it is not unusual for the fisher to settle down and reclaim a bit of land.

    272

    Any Lapp who had attained to manhood could in ordinary circumstances consult the drum for himself, but in matters of unusual moment the professional wizard (naid, noide or noaide) had to be called in.

    273

    As Proudhon aimed at economic rather than political innovation, he had no special quarrel with the second empire, and he lived in comparative quiet under it till the publication of his work,, De la Justice dans la revolution et dans l'eglise, (1858) in which he attacked the Church and other existing institutions with unusual fury.

    274

    At Cambridge he was strongly influenced by the philosophical views of Ralph Cudworth and Henry More, who proposed an unusual degree of toleration within the boundaries of the church and the limitations imposed by its liturgy and episcopal government; and his intercourse in Holland with foreign divines of different Protestant sects further encouraged his tendency to latitudinarianism.

    275

    A fourth unusual feature is that South Carolina has applied the principle of direct primary nominations to all elective officials from governor down.

    276

    They also interpreted all portents or unusual phenomena of nature, especially thunder and lightning, and prescribed the expiatory ceremonies after such events.

    277

    A reduction of $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, without impairing the service, has been a not unusual result of their deliberations.

    278

    During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) the king of the Belgians preserved neutrality in a period of unusual difficulty and danger.

    279

    These provisions did not remedy the grosser defects, and as proposals for an amendment of the constitution could be submitted to the people only after receiving a majority vote of the lower house, all further attempts at effective reform seemed to be blocked, owing to the unwillingness of the representatives of the smaller townships to surrender their unusual degree of power.

    280

    His taste for the greater Latin authors, particularly Lucretius, was never lost, and he acquired at school an unusual facility in Latin composition.

    281

    Although he disliked the life and was not specially qualified for it - as he used to say regarding the excellent precepts of his Pddagogik, he was never able to apply them - yet he added to his other accomplishments a grace and polish which he displayed ever afterwards to a degree somewhat unusual in a philosopher by profession.

    282

    The investigation of the conditions under which adaptation of nature to intelligence is conceivable and possible makes up the subject of the third great Kritik, the Kritik of Judgment, a work presenting unusual difficulties to the interpreter of the Kantian system.

    283

    The height of the plant varies greatly with season, soil and manuring; in some districts it varies from 3 to 8 ft., but in the Piedmont province it is not unusual to see them from 8 to 16 ft.

    284

    She settled into the seat and relaxed, diverting her attention to Destiny, who didn't appear to notice that something unusual was happening.

    285

    Think of a plain Jane or Jamie with an unusual gift, that scares the shit out of them.

    286

    Martha remained in bed, unusual for her but understandable, as this was her last full day in Ouray.

    287

    She frowned and in a burst of unusual and caustic candor, explained how her son's life was much more complicated as he was about to become a father, baseball player and chuck his education and—although she didn't say it—mess up his life.

    288

    The front door bell chimed away the Dean's reverie, an unusual occurrence when no new lodgers were expected.

    289

    Fred O'Connor gave a brief—unusual for him—explanation of Annie, careful not to identify her as a Quincy and the sisters' ancestor.

    290

    He saw the skin patches, fracture brace, and laser-sealed wounds—evidence of the medic's quick work—but he also saw the unusual bulge in the wounded soldier's side.

    291

    The man before her – a Watcher by his glowing green eyes and the Original Watcher by his unusual height of nearly six feet – was smiling.

    292

    Quaint little alleys and yards off the steep main street house many interesting shops offering a wide range of unusual gifts and mementos.

    293

    It has a proud cultural tradition and unusual wildlife, particularly the critically endangered saiga antelope.

    294

    The bogs support unusual plants species such as the insectivorous sundews and pale butterwort, the showy bog asphodel and early marsh orchid.

    295

    There is unusual scope to realize this aspiration on a site where comprehensive redevelopment is to take place.

    296

    No unusual skills are needed, but engineers carrying out the port will need good knowledge of the original 680x0 or 80x86 assembler.

    297

    These unusual emissions enabled astronomers to pinpoint these two faint stars among the myriad of other faint stars in the cluster.

    298

    William's work is very unusual, even avant-garde.

    299

    The square barrows were also unusual in that they were constructed by digging four straight trenches, which were not joined at the corners.

    300

    A range of unusual minerals are present together with notable lava cooling features such as columnar basalts, chisel marks and blister surfaces.

    301

    Eye for unusual the world's top can reveal how giant company blather.

    302

    Many still wear bluejeans - and sometimes more unusual items like boas - but headscarves are commonplace.

    303

    They may even be used to create very unusual bonsai.

    304

    Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome.

    305

    An open, unusual setting for this pair of quarter carat diamonds set in 18ct yellow gold.

    306

    Orbicular granite - this igneous rock has an unusual orbicular granite - this igneous rock has an unusual orbicular structure that is sometimes seen in granites and diorites.

    307

    In referring to Luna, Spong was speaking about another unusual instance of a solitary orca known to scientists as L98.

    308

    The village is a surprise, too, tucked under a lone hill, with an unusual church surrounded by orchards.

    309

    The bass end of the bridge terminates in an unusual carved scroll ornament.

    310

    An unusual mix today, this must have seemed outlandish 300 years ago.

    311

    But when unusual or exceptional news comes into play, a stock (and/or markets) nearly always overreacts.

    312

    These artificial composites exhibit the unusual left-handedness, i.e. simultaneously negative permittivity and negative permeability.

    313

    An unusual form of strangles is recognized which produces flu-like symptoms and often becomes persistent in a yard.

    314

    This new species was such an unusual organism, a new phylum was proposed.

    315

    There is an unusual memorial to wartime carrier pigeons surrounded by a carpet bed.

    316

    It's unusual, but a hungry fox could well try to take young piglets.

    317

    The gateway has ionic pilasters; above is a large arched window with very unusual decoration.

    318

    This may happen if you have a small or unusual shaped uterus, a fibroid or low-lying placenta.

    319

    The highlight of this area is the chance to see the unusual and shy platypus swimming effortlessly in the clear creeks.

    320

    They have an unusual wart-like feature on either side of their heads called plicae where the earlobes are usually seen.

    321

    The entrance lobby is unusual and, frankly, rather pokey, but it's probably very effective at keeping the drafts out.

    322

    He really was a most unusual man a genuine polymath.

    323

    Will I be required to chant, or adopt unusual postures?

    324

    Today, there is now the unusual spectacle of a modern glass precinct rising out above early 20th century walls!

    325

    Such an initiative on the part of the bride is unusual and suggests a metaphoric profundity that will be examined below.

    326

    An unusual version of this famous story, inspired by the centuries old tradition of Vietnamese water puppetry.

    327

    It differs from C. bicolor in having an upright raceme, which is an unusual characteristic in this section of the genus.

    328

    The density measurements gave no ground for reliance on an unusual isotopic ratio.

    329

    One unusual way in which the community was involved in this project was in baking cakes for the free interval refreshments!

    330

    Her favorite themes were marriage breakdowns, unusual psychology and sexual relationships.

    331

    But during the summer rerun period, something unusual happened.

    332

    We are now often dealing with very unusual gene combinations not seen in the wild - for herbicide resistance for instance.

    333

    The shunt resistor is always an unusual low value, and needs to be hand-made from resistance wire.

    334

    The resulting encounter was possibly the most unusual battle of any of the Jacobite risings.

    335

    They make an unusual and eye-catching display and are perfect for stocking in the busy run-up to Christmas.

    336

    This ring consists of an unusual princess cut sapphire of a lovely rich blue color.

    337

    The animal still has a number of unusual features, even for a water scorpion.

    338

    Unusual as is the name of this resort, it is largely self-explanatory.

    339

    Unusual force required to stop - broken brake servo or air in system.

    340

    What is unusual about Howard Read's comedy sidekick?

    341

    Pat Cherry brought an unusual shaped brass candle snuffer and a signature rocking blotter pad.

    342

    They even take the unusual step of traveling upriver to consult sexy soothsayer Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris ).

    343

    Numerous echo soundings were taken which were of unusual character.

    344

    The blast was attributed to an unusual build-up of stomach gases ignited by the sparks.

    345

    It was a scene brilliant enough to fascinate anyone, and the two eggs stood spellbound while their eyes feasted upon the unusual sight.

    346

    On top of the tower is an unusual octagonal shingled spire.

    347

    I am unusual in that I have a great lo ss - profound and have very clear speech.

    348

    It was pitched at just the right level and won an unusual standing ovation, with all but UKIP's MEPs standing.

    349

    There is no actual limit but it is most unusual for a rhymed stanza to exceed fourteen lines.

    350

    Inside there is an unusual late medieval roof, a wooden font, a stone stoup and remnants of the screen.

    351

    The terrace grill is an effortlessly stylish barbecue with an unusual contemporary design.

    352

    The mounds are also unusual in that Lophelia appears to be growing on sand rather than a hard substratum.

    353

    Basically, Forgotten Worlds is ' blessed ' with the most unusual control system I've seen in ages.

    354

    She chose the prune, hijiki seaweed and black olive tapenade, which was very unusual, but just perfect.

    355

    It is unusual in having a tarn adjacent to the trig pillar.

    356

    A few unfamiliar faces had entered the tavern, that wasn't entirely unusual but a lone unfamiliar face ordered an unfamiliar drink.

    357

    It is not unusual for couples to feel tense, nervous, excited or even tearful during the planning of their wedding.

    358

    It is also unusual for the very fast tempi taken by the conductor.

    359

    Its northern terminus is unusual - shouldn't the motorway continue straight over the top?

    360

    Now it's Spanish-born Allan Lorca's turn with his " Tapas Round " tasting menu that includes an unusual paella terrine.

    361

    Georgia has no unusual among los quot the wpt deeb Thor hansen.

    362

    Recent years have seen the unusual " cherry tomatoes " with their superior taste winning the vote.

    363

    In a spectacular position, this is an unusual Bronze Age chambered tomb with a complex layout.

    364

    Trojan programs, concentrating on detection of unusual open ports.

    365

    This unusual soup tureen - in the form of a turtle - is made of Old Sheffield Plate.

    366

    Ganesha's most unusual facet is his single tusk, the other having broken off.

    367

    You've probably moved the letter spacing, you may have an unusual typeface, you may have trimmed the plate itself.

    368

    At Sennybridge we pass an unusual feature for a largely unimproved rural road.

    369

    Always active I thought them a little untidy, unusual for this very good couple.

    370

    She had noticed nothing very unusual about her lately, but she appeared quiet.

    371

    However, John saw nothing unusual about the aircraft until it had passed overhead and he caught a glimpse of the underside.

    372

    In terms of the motor theory there seems nothing so unusual in Japanese syntax as to call for explanation or modification.

    373

    Beside this spring there is one of considerable interest in the parish having a somewhat unusual dedication.

    374

    The college is also highly unusual in having a fully equipped purpose-built theater.

    375

    The site is designed as a resource for solicitors to use and a slightly unusual menu system is used on the site.

    376

    The genteel setting of a provincial tea room is quite unusual in his oeuvre.

    377

    People really started hanging out with her, and it was a fairly unusual perspective for Nikki to see her mom in.

    378

    Speaking to other birders on the trip this did not seem too unusual.

    379

    It is very unusual for somebody to request parts of the exterior to be cleaned when having an interior valet.

    380

    This is a quite unusual plant, called Arisaema ciliatum var.

    381

    Many species in cultivation show striking variegation of their leaves while others are highly regarded for their unusual floral structure.

    382

    The cervical, dorsal and lumber vertebrae are normal and extremely straight, which is unusual.

    383

    An unusual modern vestry adjoins the 19th century chancel.

    384

    Unusual rabbit style vibrator with vibrating egg in the tip.

    385

    It was unusual in that it offered comparatively weak integer performance but very strong floating point performance.

    386

    The most unusual find this year was the carving of a Pictish bear, found on a paving stone in the largest wheelhouse.

    387

    In the unusual position of being down at half-time, an inspirational team talk led to a well deserved 3-2 win.

    388

    These gates require unusual windlasses, the paddles require an open ended, preferably a two handled square.

    389

    The horizontal windlass offers the best performance with smaller or unusual locker designs.

    390

    They have an unusual but rather wonderful space that runs vertically through three floors of the building.

    391

    This film follows five young wrestlers as they endure the hardships necessary to succeed in the unusual world of female sumo wrestling.

    392

    The brilliant sunset effects observed in Europe after the Krakatoa eruption may naturally be attributed to dust of unusual quality or quantity in the upper regions of the atmosphere (see DusT).

    393

    There he began a course of jurisprudence applied to Roman law, the success of which gained him the unusual honour of natural ization as a citizen of Geneva.

    394

    New settings of use, idiom and construction continually surprise us, and, in spite of occasional harshness, secure for his style an unusual freshness and freedom.

    395

    The first player's bowl has come to rest just in front of the jack; the second has delivered his bowl and is following after it with one of those eccentric contortions still not unusual on modern greens, the first player meanwhile making a repressive gesture with his hand, as if to urge the bowl to stop short of his own; the third player is depicted as in the act of delivering his bowl.

    396

    Right or Left was the Centre, a small group led by Sidney Sonnino, a young politician of unusual fibre, which sought in the press and in parliament to spread a conviction that the only sound basis for Italian policy would be close alliance with the central powers and a friendly understanding with Great Britain in regard to Mediterranean affairs.

    397

    The problems are of unusual 1 The growing recognition that the land was not depopulated after 586 is of fundamental significance for the criticism of " exilic " and " post-exilic " history.

    398

    Nevertheless, it should be observed that our globes take no account of the oblateness of our sphere; but as the difference in length between the circumference of the equator and the perimeter of a meridian ellipse only amounts to o 16%, it could be shown only on a globe of unusual size.

    399

    As puppies, however, bulldogs are highly intelligent and unusually docile and affectionate, and if well trained retain throughout life an unusual sweetness of disposition, the universal friendliness of which makes them of little use as guardians.

    400

    Yet the great bulk of the sayings remain substantially authentic; if the historicity of certain words and acts is here refused with unusual assurance, that of other sayings and deeds is established with stronger proofs; and the redemptive conception of the Passion and the sacramental interpretation of the Last Supper are found to spring up promptly and legitimately from our Lord's work and words, to saturate the Pauline and Johannine writings, and even to constitute an element of all three synoptic Gospels.

    401

    The seeing of the pictures, as far as we have spoken of it, appears to be a thing unusual, but in no way abnormal, any more than dreams or hypnagogic illusions are abnormal.

    402

    The man who could manage to rule a congeries of jealous factions, including Irish Catholics and Orangemen, French and English anti-federationists and agitators for independence, Conservatives and Reformers, careful economists and prodigal expansionists, was manifestly a man of unusual power, superior to small prejudices, and without strong bias towards any creed or section.

    403

    Although born in New York, Mr Roosevelt spent much of his boyhood at Oyster Bay, the country home of his father, on Long Island Sound, where he began with a distinct purpose, unusual among boys of his age, to build up a naturally frail physique by rowing and swimming in the waters of Long Island Sound, and by riding over the hills and tramping through the woods of Long Island.

    404

    These indicate unusual capacity for crushing or grinding; while the last premolar is a crushing implement, which has reached the highest degree of specialization known in Rodentia.

    405

    Davis was a man of scholarly tastes, an orator of unusual ability and great eloquence, tireless and fearless in fighting political battles, but impulsive to the verge of rashness, impractical, tactless and autocratic. He wrote an elaborate political work entitled The War of Ormuzd and Ahriman in the Ninteenth Century (1853), in which he combated the southern contention that slavery was a divine institution.

    406

    In these particulars, as well as in size and shortness of leg, the dog resembles the weasel; and since there are good reasons for believing that the latter is protected alike by ferocity and stink-glands, it is quite possible that the dog, of unusual coloration and form for the Canidae, is protected from the attacks of pumas, jaguars and ocelots by his likeness to the tayra.

    407

    Except in a few places where unusual dryness of soil and climate indicate the employment of water, even in small quantity, merely to avoid the consequences of drought, irrigation works are not to be commenced upon a large area, if only a part can ever be efficiently watered.

    408

    This remarkable woman, famed for her beauty, her masculine energy and unusual powers of mind, was well fitted to be the consort of Odainatti (see Odaenathus) in his proud position as Dux Orientis; during his lifetime she actively seconded his policy, and after his death in A.D.

    409

    All are required to abstain from tobacco and wine; the women used not to be allowed to wear gold or silver, or silk or brocade, but this rule is commonly broken now; and although neither celibacy nor retirement from the affairs of the world is either imperative or customary, unusual respect is shown to those who voluntarily submit themselves to ascetic discipline.

    410

    About 1504 an attack of unusual ferocity on some Frankfort traders aroused the elector's wrath, and during the next few years the execution of many lawbreakers and other stern measures restored some degree of order.

    411

    I am considered quite unusual.

    412

    In those days it was by no means unusual to hear the parson publicly rebuking offenders - even calling them by name.

    413

    So New Labor 's recognition of the importance of work as a method of reducing inequality is not unusual.

    414

    There is a large winter gull roost and one or two pairs of redshank nest here - unusual so far from the coast.

    415

    The liver is an unusual organ, in that it can to some extent, rejuvenate any damaged cells.

    416

    The unusual saddleback tower that still exists dates from this time.

    417

    It is very unusual for scabies treatments not to work.

    418

    The unusual behavior was spotted by keeper Mark Tye while feeding the parents on the park 's sea lion beach.

    419

    Another unusual anomaly is the name of Northern Ireland 's second largest city.

    420

    Sharp-eyed visitors to my workshop have often asked me about an unusual instrument that inhabits this hallowed portal.

    421

    The performances will showcase international talent, alongside music from the unusual quartet, who originate from Reading.

    422

    What is unusual about Howard Read 's comedy sidekick?

    423

    They even take the unusual step of traveling upriver to consult sexy soothsayer Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris).

    424

    It was pitched at just the right level and won an unusual standing ovation, with all but UKIP 's MEPs standing.

    425

    Setting the staysail - an unusual view through the forestay.

    426

    Heathery and creamy, pears and stewed prunes, as well as slightly more unusual seaweed notes.

    427

    Having an unusual response to sensory stimuli â i.e. sound, light, smell, shadows.

    428

    It is unusual to find a superfluity allowance in respect of a single item of plant.

    429

    Perhaps it should, particularly given the unusual celestial symbolism employed in the Christian Nativity.

    430

    This is still fairly unusual for an educational site of this type, but is perhaps symptomatic of the current trend in Internet funding.

    431

    Basically, Forgotten Worlds is ' blessed ' with the most unusual control system I 've seen in ages.

    432

    He is made uneasy by the talkative young man with his unusual blond hair.

    433

    A few unfamiliar faces had entered the tavern, that was n't entirely unusual but a lone unfamiliar face ordered an unfamiliar drink.

    434

    Its northern terminus is unusual - should n't the motorway continue straight over the top?

    435

    Now it 's Spanish-born Allan Lorca 's turn with his " Tapas Round " tasting menu that includes an unusual paella terrine.

    436

    Georgia has no unusual among los quot the wpt deeb thor hansen.

    437

    Moses' arrest and torture in prison is not unusual in Uganda.

    438

    Chapter twelve discusses trojan programs, concentrating on detection of unusual open ports.

    439

    Ganesha 's most unusual facet is his single tusk, the other having broken off.

    440

    Very unusual was a tweed skirt with a front inset of rainbow knit wool.

    441

    You 've probably moved the letter spacing, you may have an unusual typeface, you may have trimmed the plate itself.

    442

    Television audiences of over 20 million, although almost unheard of today, were not that unusual back then.

    443

    In unusual circumstances, the exams office may be able to implement arrangements with less than four weeks notice.

    444

    An unusual combination can be found this week on the new release of ' In The Air Tonight '.

    445

    Allow plenty of time to wander through the streets, as you are bound to see some unusual sights here.

    446

    Consequently it is not unusual to find yourself wanting to add a case or a variable in the middle of ones already created.

    447

    Why was this unusual to see in the 1940's?

    448

    It is not unusual to hear noise coming from metal pipes on central heating systems.

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    Somewhat unusual movements, however, were displayed in France in 1957 by four dwarves who had a waddling gait.

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    And then there were these these terrific shops full of the most unusual glasses and wall hangings.

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    Unusual Services was engaged by The Ministry of Defense to provide production services for a weeklong program of events.

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    The most unusual find this year was the carving of a Pictish bear, found on a paving stone in the largest Wheelhouse.

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    In 2003 it was widened to encompass unusual, complex or innovatory studies.

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    Wildwoods based in Enfield, Middlesex have just received a new shipment of fish which includes several rare and unusual species.

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    Her ethos is an insistence on the finest quality flowers or plants, beautifully gift wrapped using the most unusual wrapping materials available.

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    Stunts or an unusual location, strange costumes or zany characters can grab the attention of media people.

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    The zoophyte branch offered some very unusual specimens from its two groups, the polyps and the echinoderms.

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    The top of the oak table showed the unusual grain that was caused by the gnarl in the oak tree's trunk.

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    It is unusual to find a politician with candor in today's government.

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    It's unusual to find a husband as uxorious as him these days.

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    Samuel's daily ritual of self-abasement was unusual.

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    It's not unusual for entrepreneurs to get ahead of themselves.

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    Also, most people have a mix of missionary and mercenary qualities; it's unusual to find someone who is 100% pure.

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    If you follow Hollywood's latest entertainment news, you've probably asked yourself why stars insist on giving their children exotic and unusual names.

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    So, name choices became more and more unusual.

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    Fortunately, most people believe there's no real long-term damage caused when a celebrity decides to give his/her child an unusual name.

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    Now, naming your own child after an unusual celebrity baby name is another matter entirely.

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    Footprint baby shower invitations can satisfy an expectant couple's yen for something sweet but a little more unusual.

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    We chose a name we thought pretty, unusual, and had never heard before.

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    What one partner thinks is a cute and unusual name, the other thinks is totally outrageous.

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    While unusual names often get a bad rap, it is important to note that you and your partner have the final say when it comes down to it.

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    It is not unusual for a premature baby to fall within the low percentile.

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    Baby Zone has lists of girl names by origin, as well as a fun "baby name inventor" tool that lets you choose something very unusual as the name for your daughter.

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    It wasn't unusual for children to be potty trained by 18 months of age which is early by today's standards.

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    The gallery includes many creative and unusual designs.

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    They may also seem to be almost completely made up, with unusual spellings and pronunciations.

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    With the United States increasingly becoming a true "melting pot" of cultures, there will be more and more unusual names arising in everyday conversation.

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    Worries over unusual sleep patterns often plague new families, but establishing a baby sleep schedule and sticking to it usually solves the problem.

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    Toddler behavior problems aren't unusual, but how parents handle these problems can encourage significant changes in a child's behavior patterns.

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    It's not unusual to pay 100% to 400% more than the car is worth with added financing.

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    They are often unusual shapes and may be natural or cultured.

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    It is not unusual to end up regretting the purchase of a dress that was not entirely satisfactory when tried on at the store.

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    Filled with gag gifts, electronic gadgets, nostalgic collectible items, unusual DVDs and weird stuff that does not fit into a category.

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    Despite the unusual name, Opamp.com is one of the best sources to buy programming books online.

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    Victorian style bird cages are usually ornate cages with unusual designs reminiscent of the Victorian era.

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    Strange New Products - covers all things unusual in regards to new inventions.

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    The coffee bean jasper selection is sure to delight jewelry makers and coffee lovers alike, due to the combination of unusual beauty and the name.

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    The ruby fuchsite and sardonyx are also unusual.

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    This site is filled with plenty of unusual and traditional gift ideas making it simple to find something for just about everyone on your list.

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    Funkier types could wear colored lenses in unusual shapes.

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    After that much shopping, its not unusual to have a huge appetite, and all Tanger mall locations also feature dining options from casual to gourmet fare.

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    If you are looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person or don't want to get the same old things for your loved ones, consider unusual holiday gifts.

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    While they take more thought-mainly because you have to make sure the unusual holiday gift is right for the recipient-the uniqueness of the gift should be remarkable.

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    Whether it's dance, crafts or something at the local college, the gift of education is an unusual holiday gift.

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    Now if you are looking for more novelty gifts of the unique and unusual kind, visit Kotulas.

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    There are many unusual holiday gifts that are perfect for farmers.

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    Since many cat breeds tend to be leisurely by nature, you may not notice anything unusual right away.

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    Visitors ask this and other questions about cats urinating in unusual places.

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    If you've recently added a new cat to your household, you'll want to browse these ideas for unusual cat names that are as unique as your pet!

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    When choosing a more unusual cat name it is worth remembering that shorter names, or at least names that can be shortened, are easier for your cat to learn.