unusual

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• notice: She had noticed nothing very unusual about her lately, but she appeared quiet.
• see: However, John saw nothing unusual about the aircraft until it had passed overhead and he caught a glimpse of the underside.
• seem: In terms of the motor theory there seems nothing so unusual in Japanese syntax as to call for explanation or modification.

Modifies a noun

• gift: GIFT IDEAS - Find Me a Gift offers great selection of unusual gifts for children.
• occurrence: My buggy was also annoyingly prone to breaking down, not an unusual occurrence by all reports.
• feature: Unusual features: A DATE routine must be added to the MANAGER program deck.
• circumstance: In unusual circumstances, the exams office may be able to implement arrangements with less than four weeks notice.
• combination: An unusual combination can be found this week on the new release of ' In The Air Tonight ' .
• sight: Allow plenty of time to wander through the streets, as you are bound to see some unusual sights here.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Beside this spring there is one of considerable interest in the parish having a somewhat unusual dedication.
• rather: His switch was rather unusual: he took up dope farming.
• highly: The college is also highly unusual in having a fully equipped purpose-built theater.
• slightly: The site is designed as a resource for solicitors to use and a slightly unusual menu system is used on the site.
• quite: The genteel setting of a provincial tea room is quite unusual in his oeuvre.
• fairly: People really started hanging out with her, and it was a fairly unusual perspective for Nikki to see her mom in.

Infinitive complement

• find: Consequently it is not unusual to find yourself wanting to add a case or a variable in the middle of ones already created.
• see: Why was this unusual to see in the 1940's?
• hear: It is not unusual to hear noise coming from metal pipes on central heating systems.

Used with adjective complement

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

Preposition: in

respect: The market for scientific publications is unusual in several respects: Authors provide their articles to publishers for free.