Example sentences of "[art] common [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 2 | It is a common enough feature of Hebrew poetry to make it worth asking of every parallelistic couplet whether any gain in understanding may result from applying the present concept to it . |
| 3 | Indeed , a number of students suggested that this type of cataphoric reference was a common enough characteristic of the openings of literary texts . |
| 4 | Jack was a common enough name , but the sound of it , and the touch of mystery associated with the call , made the image of a man swim into Doyle 's mind . |
| 5 | ‘ A common enough fate for a penniless immigrant in those days . ’ |
| 6 | The single Hebrew word translated ‘ when they make a long blast ’ is a common enough verb meaning to ‘ draw ’ or ‘ drag ’ . |
| 7 | Wash erosion , with removal of fines is another possible cause , as is a surface concentration of stones achieved through the upward displacement of stones in the profile , a common enough phenomenon but one the causes of which are incompletely understood . |
| 8 | Momentarily transfixed , I soon realised we had run into a very dense patch of phosphorescence , a common enough phenomenon at sea which never failed to fascinate me . |
| 9 | It was a common enough phenomenon , an atavistic instinct with little connection to real emotion . |
| 10 | It was a common enough defence mechanism , but he was interested to see how many Anthea Darnell would be needing to employ . |
| 11 | Fielding maintained that Lorne was all fucked out " , having gorged himself to the point of decrepitude during his first decade at the top , a common enough syndrome in the movie business . |
| 12 | It was a common enough way to talk about Nicaragua . |
| 13 | The incident is a more extreme example of a common enough practice in the development of a new popular style for royalty . |
| 14 | Another symptom is writing numbers or letters backwards — again a common enough thing to do when a child is learning to write , particularly if he or she is left-handed , or perhaps dyslexic ; and probably most absurd of all , children who refer to television characters as real people are showing signs of abuse . |
| 15 | It was a common enough tragedy , but it was a job for the Juvenile Bureau not for him and the sooner one of their officers arrived the better . |
| 16 | In historic time , the case of a married man with children represents a common enough situation where duties are involved . |
| 17 | Charles the Cheesemonger had signed his marriage certificate with a cross — a common enough occurrence , in the event , even among those who could read and write if they put their minds to it . |
| 18 | It is a common enough complaint . |
| 19 | It was a common enough pressure in Hollywood , where all the studios played the committee 's game rather than risk loss at the box office . |