Sentence examples similar to means a usual from inspiring English sources

Whatever the law means for Vermont's democracy, it means a tougher-than-usual race for Governor Dean, though a recent poll showed him comfortably in the lead.

Aged 28, he's seen it all before, but it's clear that this one means a little more than usual.

Restarting talks effectively means a return to business as usual between Europe and Russia – the lightest of slapped wrists for Russian aggression.

That still means a doubling of Washington's usual daytime population, and all of them will be jammed into the monument-heavy core of the city.

Such communication difficulties meant that a usual early predictor of African famine, the plummeting of livestock prices, was missed.

It meant a smaller than usual crowd dripped their way into the music room as the pub's staff battled against the small inconvenience of a flooded cellar.

A combination of cold weather and alcohol-related injuries are likely to mean a busier than usual festive period for ambulance crews, say bosses.

Few have done that so far; the Italians and Germans in particular have been shamefully silent.Above all, the West must make plain to Mr Putin that Russia's invasion of Georgia means an end to business as usual, even if it continues to work with him on issues such as Iran.

If A and B are self-adjoint operators, the order relation (Ageq B) means, as usual, that (A-B) is a positive operator.

Astronomers have assumed that the large amount of coma activity (and corresponding total brightness) meant a larger-than-usual comet nucleus for comet C/1995 O1.

The absence of the new movers and shakers in Washington was only to be expected after the protracted wrangling over the election meant a shorter-than-usual transition.