What they do remember is the uncertainty they felt, the growing anxiety, the sense that losing was becoming customary.

But it has become customary in high-profile contests for candidates to do so; many elected officials always do.

As was becoming customary, the number of playable leagues grew again in this installment.

As has become customary we also wanted 10 matches to maximise the essential pre-Test series build up.

Knowing that, he retreated into the state of mind for which the phrase "inner emigration" has become customary.

A separate kitchen within the house had become customary and all but the smallest single-room houses had one.

As was becoming customary, the press got tipped off, and copies of the lawsuit were in hand only minutes after its filing.

I no longer know whether I should say that this is scandalous; it has become customary.

It has become customary, therefore, to settle all disputes in a private and peaceable manner outside the Legislature.

Success has become customary for players at his age, because they work out more than they used to, because they eat better.