The result yesterday was unprecedented volume for WorldCom, which traded 627.1 million shares as it fell 20 cents, to $1.24.

Even now, callers to the automated national passport line (1-877-487-2778) are told that because of "unprecedented" volume, appointments can be given only to travelers departing in the next two weeks.

Gas moved around the North American continent in unprecedented volumes.

From the arid Middle East, even from the parched sands of Saudi Arabia, came reports of rain in unprecedented volume.

Since June 1991, an unprecedented volume of reports of extra-judicial executions in Turkey has reached Amnesty International.

The main production units were constructed with a host of infrastructure facilities involving unprecedented volumes of work and expertise.

Pakistan Steel Mills not only had to construct the main production units, but also a host of infrastructure facilities involving unprecedented volumes of work and expertise.

The New York Stock Exchange said it had no trouble handling the unprecedented volume, and said stockbrokers had also apparently weathered the storm.

It had to distribute the unprecedented volume of newcomers as evenly as possible over the whole world to make certain it had the resources to manage them.

We have to remember that, in this case, we are dealing with unprecedented volumes of trade in clothes, which are creating unforeseen circumstances.