Example sentences of "[be] a common [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're a common cow with a big nose ? |
| 2 | They 're a common sight at fairs , leisure centres and children 's parties . |
| 3 | They are evolutionary in that , although many of the ‘ trials ’ , ‘ pilot studies ’ and ‘ demonstrations ’ have had different origins , there has frequently been a common thread linking one to another , and lessons learned from one have been applied in another . |
| 4 | There was nothing unusual in this , visits to and from relatives having been a common feature of my childhood . |
| 5 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 6 | Blacksmithing must have been a common occupation with one , or probably more , smith in each town and settlement , though it has to be remembered that some of the larger country estates , such as Chedworth , were virtually self-sufficient with their own resident smiths . |
| 7 | There has been a common approach to South Africa , the middle east and the Salman Rushdie death sentence . |
| 8 | One senior official of the European Commission said recently that , had there been a common Community defence policy , it would have committed forces to the Gulf . |
| 9 | It has been a common practice since ancient times to date official documents by the year of the rulers issuing them , or from within whose jurisdiction they emanated . |
| 10 | This type of ritual was already a very ancient custom by the time the famous Temple of Artemis was built , around 600 BC ; it had been a common practice in Anatolia , Syria , Mesopotamia and Egypt ( Trell 1988 ) . |
| 11 | The importance of fracturing has been a common theme in writings on the reservoir problem of the Appalachian and Variscan thrust provinces . |
| 12 | The findings confirm that in the early 1990s asthma attacks are a common life threatening problem of concern to hospitals and general practitioners alike . |
| 13 | As we have noted already , anger and all its varying intensities and hues are a common part of the stress syndrome . |
| 14 | These sulphur-anion interactions are not unexpected ; they are a common feature of 1,2-disulphur cations because these functional units tend to be moderate electron acceptors . |
| 15 | In a system which gives spots , making a region long and thin results in stripes — striped tails are a common feature of many animals . |
| 16 | Such spines are a common feature of lava domes ; in fact they are an almost predictable result of the squeezing of viscous lava into a pile of loose , broken rocks . |
| 17 | These days , way of life arguments are a common feature of public debate about the value of small rural schools . |
| 18 | These strip buildings are a common feature of urban sites throughout the empire and are usually identified as the shops and workshops of resident traders and craftsmen . |
| 19 | It must be recognised that knives are a common feature of everyday life and that , in the wrong hands , almost any bladed or sharply pointed article is potentially a lethal weapon . |
| 20 | Circular towers are unusual in the Romanesque architecture of other European countries , except in northern Italy , but they are a common feature of German ones as at , for instance , Worms Cathedral ( 320 ) . |
| 21 | Complex partial seizures are a common type of epilepsy , constituting about 60% of all cases when seizures that become secondarily generalised are included . |
| 22 | These are the Asiz , and are a common sight throughout the Turkish military . |
| 23 | Barbed wire boundaries patrolled by khaki-clad policemen with guns Second World War Lee Enfield 303s lazily slung over their shoulders are a common sight on cricket grounds in India . |
| 24 | The Reaver Knights are a common sight throughout Ulthuan as they tirelessly patrol its most dangerous areas . |
| 25 | The Reaver Knights are a common sight throughout Ulthuan as they tirelessly patrol its most dangerous areas . |
| 26 | STREET dentists are a common sight in Pakistan . |
| 27 | The strategy maintains that advances in biotechnology and growing interest from plant breeders and drugs companies in genes from wild species warrant a reassessment of the notion that genetic resources are a common heritage . |
| 28 | Grouped around the bottom of the atrium are a common room giving access to a riverside terrace , a laundry and the caretaker 's office and flat ( Fig 57 ) . |
| 29 | Enteric strictures are a common complication of Crohn 's disease , occurring most frequently in the small bowel . |
| 30 | Scars across acupuncture meridians are a common source of trouble , and this can be remedied by placing electrodes on either side of the scar and treating with electro-acupuncture . |