Example sentences of "it is common for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common for students to return to a part that has given them many ideas , and to rework a passage fruitfully . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And , according to Mr Abbell , it is common for US attorneys to use their experience in government once they move to private practice . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | It is common for these perforations in the broad surfaces of church external walls to be small . |
| 6 | In poor black areas it is common for half the class to fail to graduate ( which , in America , means merely failing to stay in school until you are 18 — there is no national exam for school-leavers ) . |
| 7 | It is common for Evangelicals to speak as if they are denying a ‘ real presence ’ but this is far from the case . |
| 8 | It is common for the gearchange to be stiff , but after 3000 miles I would have expected the ‘ newness ’ to have bedded in . |
| 9 | Although certain forms of severe mental handicap can lead to a limited life-expectancy , medical skills are improving considerably ; for example , it is common for Down 's adults to live into their fifties and sixties . |
| 10 | Effective : In an attempt to make distribution more controllable and easier , for the administrator rather than the user , it is common for the number of products distributed to be restricted . |
| 11 | It is common for funding to be split between books and periodicals , since these two types of material are acquired in different ways , and in this case book finding is almost always further subdivided by subject . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In particular , it is common for people to oscillate between withdrawal and arrogance . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is common for a Member who has asked a question on an important matter but who is dissatisfied with the answer that he has received to give notice that he wishes to raise the matter again on the adjournment and to do so . |
| 16 | ‘ It is common for club players to take anabolic steroids . |
| 17 | It is common for them to drown in heavy rain because they stand gazing skyward with their beaks open to see where the rain is coming from . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | It is common for old people to play down the extent of the abuse and it is not easy to gauge how far their reluctance to discuss alternative care is due to fear of the unknown rather than acceptance of the situation . |
| 21 | Where armed groups operate , it is common for the police or military to claim that political suspects have died in an ‘ encounter ’ . |
| 22 | It is common for some mothers to ask their child to do something and then walk away expecting it to be done . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is common for us to imagine that others are going to be as critical of us as we are of ourselves . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | For people with anxiety problems however it is common for their confidence to become slowly eroded . |
| 29 | It is common for some bruising to occur around the wound , base of the penis and testicles . |
| 30 | In other jurisdictions , it is common for multi-disciplinary teams to be established . |