Example sentences of "[v-ing] is common " in BNC.
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| 1 | In real life , blurring is common . |
| 2 | Travel wholesaling is common practice today but Cooks pioneered it so successfully that they were issuing printed standard contracts to their agents by 1884 . |
| 3 | Intravenous acetylcysteine remains the antidote of choice in Britain for patients presenting to medical care early enough ; oral methionine , another precursor of hepatic glutathione , is probably inferior to acetylcysteine as vomiting is common after overdose and metabolism to glutathione may be impaired by increasing liver dysfunction . |
| 4 | Today , toothbrushing is common even among pre-school children ; and more than 75 per cent of children use toothpaste by the age of 18 months . |
| 5 | Although haggling is common in countries such as India , it is a mistake to assume that it is standard practice throughout the world . |