Sentence examples for appears unusual from inspiring English sources

"Staff are trained to be alert to unusually large transactions, but there are also situations in which a transaction appears unusual but the customer would like it to go ahead for valid reasons.

But this object appears unusual, and even, to some people, irritating.

The United States Postal Service has advised post offices to be alert to any activity that appears unusual.

The exchanges all have monitoring programs, he said, that can detect even small trading that appears unusual.

The timing of the arrest "certainly appears unusual", Berg said, especially since Polanski spent the summer at his house in Switzerland.

And counties around New York have begun using similar computer tools, uncovering large amounts of Medicaid billing that appears unusual enough to be worth further investigation.

What is certain is that these appear unusual and dangerous times.

Anything could have happened, he said, but I witnessed something that only in retrospect appeared unusual.

There would appear to have been a gap of four or five days between eating at the restaurant and the symptoms first appearing (unusual in cases of food poisoning), and none of the staff, who have eaten at the restaurant throughout that same time period, and tested the food going out, have suffered any ill effects.

Where "Be Ready" tells Americans how to identify a nuclear blast, and the Australian pamphlet lists warning signs with irony-free earnestness ("while planning an attack, terrorists may lead lives that appear unusual or suspicious"), "Preparing for Emergencies" is calmness exemplified.

The statement, which is to be issued in cooperation with the federal General Services Administration, said that architectural and engineering firms have reported "requests for building plans that, in light of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, appear unusual due to the structures identified in the requests or the type of information solicited".