Modifying Another Word

• perfectly: On awakening, he found that his hand was indeed perfectly normal.

• quite: Most people with HIV in the UK live quite normal lives.

• fairly: Many were attractive City workers who appeared to lead fairly normal lives.

• clinically: Around 5 % of clinically normal women have colonization of the bacteria in their vaginas.

• apparently: Unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and if delusions are not acted on may function in an apparently normal manner.

• below: In volume terms 13 per cent of firms said order books were above normal while 35 per cent said they were below normal.

Infinitive complement

• feel: After giving birth it is normal to feel a mixture of emotions.

• have: It is normal to have some discharge in your eye socket. this varies from onr person to the next.

Modifies a noun

• hour: The normal working hours were from 8am till 5:30pm with an hour break for lunch.

• circumstance: In normal circumstances, notification should be made in writing.

• distribution: Strategies for collecting environmental data are also introduced as are standard ' models ' of data variability such as the normal distribution.

• tissue: A course of radiotherapy is usually given in a number of sessions to minimize any side effects and to allow normal tissue to recover.

• life: You will be able to carry on a normal life with the catheter in place.

• operation: Normal operation therefore restarts at 00:01 on Saturday 9 July 2005.

Used with adjective complement

• appear: X rays, if taken, may appear normal.

• seem: It seems almost normal to bully or be bullied at school.

• continue: If the user is happy with the default change then they can continue as normal.

• feel: N: It's an evening when I feel normal.

• look: Although it all looks normal enough at first glance, only two of the numbers are where you would expect them to be.

• remain: A: The Hurst and Walton Swimming Pools will remain open as normal during this period.