Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] common [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the great majority of birds are monogamous , there are plenty of species — particularly among the grouse , sandpipers , manakins , birds of paradise and cotingas — where it is common for males to have two or even more mates . |
| 2 | Prostitution is widespread , an integral part of a highly poverty-ridden and machista society , where it is common for adolescent boys to be taken by relatives to a brothel for their sexual initiation . |
| 3 | They were also responsible for their own medication — although it was common for users , families to ask staff to remind individuals to take it . |
| 4 | Despite its importance to society and the fact that it is common to almost all industries cleaning in the main has been regarded as menial , relegated to servants and slaves in the past and , all too often , to the drop-outs , illiterates and failures of today 's society . |
| 5 | It is likely that such evidence would show up ethnic and cultural variations ; for example , Anwar reports that it is common for migrants from Pakistan to borrow money from kin for major purchases such as a house or a business , but there is a strong obligation to return this loan fully and quickly ( Anwar , 1985 , p. 72 ) . |
| 6 | He argues that it is common for a depressed person to grossly exaggerate the negative implications of events ( sometimes called ‘ catastrophising ’ ) : ‘ I did n't get that job I 'm not bright enough — I 'll be unemployed or in low-level jobs for ever — I 'll be bored and boring-my friends will abandon me — my husband wo n't love me any more . ’ |
| 7 | It will have been noticed that it was common for more than one child in a family to enter the same trade , and our sample very strikingly demonstrates the importance of sisterhood . |
| 8 | Dunning and his co-workers are undoubtedly justified in maintaining that football hooliganism was prevalent in society long before the post-war decline of community life ; and that it was common for young males to attend football matches without adult supervision before the 1960s . |
| 9 | This may mean that it was common for the bounds to be noted on site , and then sent to wherever the charter was drafted , and that in these instances the scribe copied in the Anglo-Saxon heading . |
| 10 | When ‘ untreated ’ timber ( ie , wood which has not been impregnated with preservative ) is built into solid walls , it has no protection from dampness in the wall and it is common for joist-ends to be shielded by a skin of brickwork only a half-a-brick thick ( Fig 31 ) . |
| 11 | There are , however , a number of situations that produce further modification of the surface of the bone at this third stage of bone modification ( Fig. 1.2 ) , and it is common for bones to be modified by one or more of these processes . |
| 12 | All MPhil and PhD students normally have two supervisors and it is common for one of these to come from outside the department . |
| 13 | Whether or not the rough parch at 85mph ( or 2500rpm on the revcounter ) was peculiar to the test car or not I can not say ; if it is common to all , it is very disappointing , and the fact that you can drive through it is of little compensation since at higher speeds there is enough wind roar for two cars . |
| 14 | The pixel data may be in 8-bit binary words , but it is common for them to be 7-bit binary words , to preserve the capability of 7-bit transmission or coded as ascii hex characters , ie. , 0–9 and a-f , thus also preserving printability . |
| 15 | I was wondering whether it was common for women when they were found they were pregnant to talk amongst their women friends and really leave the men out of it as it were . |
| 16 | They are financed by annual site fees ( paid by the developers ) and annual membership fees ( these are paid by the owners , though it is common for developers to offer free membership for a year or more , depending on the number of weeks purchased ) . |
| 17 | The former came from ‘ blues ’ ( amphetamines ) as it was common for dances to go on from Saturday into Sunday . |