Example sentences of "be not uncommon [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gastric varices are not uncommon in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension . |
| 2 | Such feelings are not uncommon in new parents , so if you 're wondering how to amuse your demanding little newcomer , you 'll need some ideas to help you improvise . |
| 3 | Differences in behaviour between home and school are not uncommon in hyperkinetic children , but they do not really help in deciding whether the problem has dietary origins . |
| 4 | Colorectal strictures , either benign or malignant , are not uncommon in ulcerative colitis . |
| 5 | Because they are common in aquatic environments they have a rather good fossil record , and are not uncommon in freshwater sediments of Jurassic and Cretaceous age . |
| 6 | Trials of this kind were not uncommon in ancient times , and they are also well known from Africa and India . |
| 7 | It is not uncommon for young surgeons in our hospitals to work an 80-hour week . |
| 8 | It is not uncommon for different members of the same court to be in agreement as to the contents of the procedural duty , but to differ as to whether they describe this as resulting from natural justice or fairness . |
| 9 | It is not uncommon among non-Western societies that humanity is denied to members of other societies . |
| 10 | It sounds as if the jaw has become dislocated during a bout of mouth wrestling — this is not uncommon in large Cichlids . |
| 11 | Indeed , it was not uncommon for Irish abbots actually to have bishops under their jurisdiction . |
| 12 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
| 13 | French Aubusson and Savonnerie carpets of the 17th and 18th centuries , for example , followed the Baroque and Rococo elegance of the time with their bright colours and floral opulence , and it was not uncommon for 18th-century carpets to echo the ceiling designs of the rooms for which they were made . |
| 14 | It was not uncommon for stolen animals to be transported along paths and roads for as far as fifty kilometres . |
| 15 | It was not uncommon for foreign representatives in Sweden to be given a quantity of copper , the only Swedish product for which there was a ready international market , which they could sell on their return home . |
| 16 | It was not uncommon for German children to be taught in Polish , and there was a principle in Pomerania of bilingual education . |