Example sentences of "it is quite common for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is quite common for graphics files to allow a colour table to be included , thus defining the palette . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | In this situation , it is quite common for the songwriter/artist to sign an exclusive agreement with the publisher . |
| 4 | If an agent is insistent on a three-year agreement , it is quite common for the artist to negotiate performance clauses . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In continental Europe it is quite common for people to speak not merely one foreign language , but two . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is quite common for the husband to assume that being the ‘ bread-winner ’ is his main or only contribution to family life . |
| 9 | It is quite common for male birds to mate with several females ( technically known as polygyny , meaning many females ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is quite common for a bank both to have issued and to hold CDs , though normally of differing maturities . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | However , it is quite common for this factor to be reflected by an increase in the multiplier . |