It was rare for him to know a day without music.

Of late, it was rare for him to have better news than she.

But it is rare for the top people to walk out.

It is rare for me to even 5-man these days.

I'd have actually taken a hand up, which was rare for me.

It's rare for people to do so well the first time.

It was rare for us to go into the city together.

"The guys came out in the first period and played really well, which is rare for us here."

It is very rare for money to be lost on its own!

This would become common practice some years later but was rare for 1984.