Sentence examples for is more usual from inspiring English sources

In some cases the designer may make his own full-size, detailed drawings; but in a large firm it is more usual for a draftsman to work out the practical details, though usually in consultation with the designer, who advises on proportions and decorative details.

In most big cities, 70% is more usual (see chart 10).

The latter type is more usual and can be thought of simply as a litter of two.

At the moment many tenancies last just six months, though up to a year is more usual.

But for the first-time novelist, a deal of £10,000-£30,000 is more usual, says Sutton.

It is more usual, however, for them to exhibit porphyritic structure, with larger crystals (phenocrysts) of olivine, augite, or feldspar in a finely crystalline matrix (groundmass).

Peace may not reign – but it will certainly be more usual.

Multi-party systems, however fraught, are more usual; the notion of political accountability and choice is more widely accepted.

Airbus, an aircraft-maker jointly controlled by France, Germany and Spain, is another European example.But missteps and failures are more usual.

Hard sweeps do occur in sexually reproducing organisms like people and fruit flies, but soft sweeps may be more usual.

"[Harold ] Wilsoninsisted that three-man inquiries were more usual and suggested that Lord Widgery should have colleagues to sift the evidence".