Example sentences of "it be common [prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In rural areas , it is common for fathers to marry off their daughters , whether formally or informally , shortly after puberty . |
| 2 | It is common for solicitors to build cordial relationships with estate agents , building societies and even with the custody officer at the police station , in order to secure referrals . |
| 3 | It is common for students to return to a part that has given them many ideas , and to rework a passage fruitfully . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is common for defendants to resist allowing the plaintiff 's engineer access until the case is pleaded on the grounds that it is a " fishing expedition " . |
| 6 | When a particular task requires expatriates to work overseas for a short period of time , it is common for employers to hire people with the necessary skills on short , fixed-term contracts . |
| 7 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 8 | It is common for workers to have difficulty in accepting being in the ‘ client ’ role , and some individuals may misguidedly adopt a facade of untrammelled competence rather than admit needing help from colleagues . |
| 9 | It is common for Evangelicals to speak as if they are denying a ‘ real presence ’ but this is far from the case . |
| 10 | Even when a problem is solved and the fish have apparently recovered it is common for tropicals to suffer an outbreak of White Spot and Coralfish to get Oodinium a few days later . |
| 11 | It is common for reviewers to cite evidence of effects on physical pathology from a study by Cassel ( 1976 ) who reported an increased prevalence of hypertension and stroke in groups deficient in social supports , and from work by Berkman and Syme ( 1979 ) who reported a raised mortality among adults deficient in social ties in a sample of 6,928 individuals studied prospectively over a nine-year period . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | It is common for children to sense this underlying quality in their mothers , particularly during night-time visits ; a child may respond to its mother 's presence with a cry of : ‘ Go away , you witch ! |
| 14 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 15 | It was common for sittings to take place in rooms contained in buildings whose primary purpose was to house other government departments . |
| 16 | First , it was common for persons to follow more than one occupation . |
| 17 | In those days it was common for industrialists to go to the United States to learn how major companies should best be run . |
| 18 | The former came from ‘ blues ’ ( amphetamines ) as it was common for dances to go on from Saturday into Sunday . |