Example sentences of "common for people " in BNC.
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| 1 | In continental Europe it is quite common for people to speak not merely one foreign language , but two . |
| 2 | In particular , it is common for people to oscillate between withdrawal and arrogance . |
| 3 | It 's more and more common for people to have chickens , ducks and ponies . |
| 4 | It is , however , unfortunately very common for people to discuss spoken language as though it was a deviation from written English , and to discuss non-standard varieties of English as deviations from Standard English . |
| 5 | The economic circumstances of both parties seem to offer another important explanation of why it is more common for people to share a home with relatives at some points of historical time than at others . |
| 6 | It was common for people of the same sex to share a bed . |
| 7 | And he says it is becoming more common for people to sue for medical negligence after a delay of ten , twenty , even thiry years -- but such course is fraught with problems . |