Example sentences of "[not/n't] uncommon for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was not uncommon for one man to hold land in several different tenures and to combine the roles of tenant and landlord .
2 It is not uncommon for one parent to ‘ use ’ the child 's illness for their own purposes in these domestic problems .
3 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 .
4 It was not uncommon for stolen animals to be transported along paths and roads for as far as fifty kilometres .
5 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 .
6 Indeed , it was not uncommon for Irish abbots actually to have bishops under their jurisdiction .
7 It is not uncommon for young surgeons in our hospitals to work an 80-hour week .
8 It was not uncommon for these missioners to refer to their deaf clients as ‘ our poor deaf brethren ’ .
9 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 .
10 It was not uncommon for German children to be taught in Polish , and there was a principle in Pomerania of bilingual education .
11 Its not uncommon for whole defences to have a crap season .
12 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 .
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