"It is a huge victory for the U.S.government. This is an unprecedented agreement,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

A tragedy of unprecedented proportion is unfolding in Africa, Professor Coovadia said Mandel's words affected him personally.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

The president is a certified diver but other Cabinet members had to take lessons in recent weeks to prepare for the unprecedented meeting.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Nandan Nilekani, a cofounder of one of India's biggest technology companies, Infosys,calls it an "unprecedented project."

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

(SAYING) Army spokesman Avi Benayahu told Israel Radio this was an unprecedented provocation by the Lebanese Army and a blatant violation of ceasefire agreements.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"In fact,what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it."

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"We are dealing with a massive and potentially-unprecedented environmental disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

"Students are stepping up and leading in unprecedented ways and for every obstacle you can come up with there is a student group really confronting that obstacle in ways that can be adapted to other settings,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The picturesque town was a popular tourist destination, but the majority of its buildings were crushed by the onslaught of an unprecedented firestorm that advanced with such speed and ferocity and gave many residents little chance of survival.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22