Example sentences of "it is [adv] common for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not common for the pain from the operation to be stimulated solely by athletic activity , and a musculo-skeletal cause in the groin is far more likely . |
| 2 | And it is increasingly common for us to need to bank in a third currency . ’ |
| 3 | It is increasingly common for advertisements to emphasise features such as ‘ man-machine harmony ’ or ‘ user friendliness ’ . |
| 4 | It is increasingly common for practitioners other than surgeons , such as general practitioners and dermatologists , to perform surgical procedures under local anaesthesia . |
| 5 | It is increasingly common for contracts to include definition clauses . |
| 6 | It is also common for regiments to have differently coloured cuffs , sleeves , or other minor details whilst retaining the overall colour of their state . |
| 7 | As part of the submissive , unassertive attitude which for centuries women have been programmed to adopt towards their families , it is very common for women to feel slightly guilty about their children , their partner or their parents . |
| 8 | To take a specific and vivid example , it is very common for mothers ( and fathers ) to feel a violent impulse towards babies who can not be pacified . |
| 9 | It is very common for eating habits to change during the week or two leading up to your period , particularly cravings for sweet foods . |
| 10 | It is very common for a statute to say if X 1 , X 2 , X 3 exist the tribunal may or shall do Y. X 2 and X 3 would , like X 1 , be shorthand descriptions presuming the existence of elements within the bracket . |
| 11 | It is very common for new students to give up after about three months . |
| 12 | When an accused faces a number of charges , it is very common for the defence advocate to offer a reduced plea to a number of the charges , provided others , often more serious ones , are dropped . |
| 13 | In passing , it is interesting to note that the General Orders require explicitly that the grounds of objection be ‘ distinctly stated ’ ; notwithstanding this , it is most unusual to find a petition which does not say that the petitioner objects to the order ‘ for the reasons , amongst others , hereinafter stated ’ , and it is very common for the petition to end with a statement to the effect that there are divers other provisions of the Bill to which objection is taken . |
| 14 | However , it is quite common for graphics files to allow a colour table to be included , thus defining the palette . |
| 15 | It is quite common for specialist music solicitors to offer their services free of charge to a band who approach them , who are broke and are creating a ‘ buzz ’ . |
| 16 | In this situation , it is quite common for the songwriter/artist to sign an exclusive agreement with the publisher . |
| 17 | If an agent is insistent on a three-year agreement , it is quite common for the artist to negotiate performance clauses . |
| 18 | As there are four members in the group , it is quite common for it to be two votes all , so we all have two votes each . |
| 19 | In continental Europe it is quite common for people to speak not merely one foreign language , but two . |
| 20 | When planning your excursions in Madeira , let the morning sun be your guide in deciding whether you go east or west because it is quite common for one part of the island to bask in sunshine while another is cloudy . |
| 21 | It is quite common for the husband to assume that being the ‘ bread-winner ’ is his main or only contribution to family life . |
| 22 | It is quite common for male birds to mate with several females ( technically known as polygyny , meaning many females ) . |
| 23 | Rusty wire and broken bottles are obvious dangers , but snake bites are also a threat , and it is quite common for puppies to be stung by bees and wasps . |
| 24 | There is nothing alarming or unusual about methodological problems ; all sciences have them and it is quite common for the questions that people ask to run ahead of the techniques available for answering them . |
| 25 | A design often found on enssi rugs , which were traditionally used as door-hangings in the nomad 's yurt ( tent ) ; it is quite common for any rug woven in this design to be referred to as an enssi , or a Bokhara with an enssi design . |
| 26 | It is quite common for a bank both to have issued and to hold CDs , though normally of differing maturities . |
| 27 | There are examples of these arrangements in relations between highly skilled workers and employers , where it is quite common for wage and employment levels to be determined not by current market conditions , but by mutual agreement between the parties . |
| 28 | However , it is quite common for this factor to be reflected by an increase in the multiplier . |
| 29 | Indeed it is fairly common for very young children to invite Daddy to be the Big Bad Wolf in order to test the boundaries between reality and make-believe . |
| 30 | In other situations this doctrine will be considered an anathema , for example in the Assemblies of God it is fairly common for a church planter to have secular employment . |