Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] a common [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such cases are a common cause of apparent failure of the zeugma-test ( often called the ‘ pun-test ’ ) or the identity test . |
| 2 | STREET dentists are a common sight in Pakistan . |
| 3 | The research strategy was first to draw stories arising from the use of computers at the workplace , as computers are a common source of organizational narratives , and then move to other stories . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In a system which gives spots , making a region long and thin results in stripes — striped tails are a common feature of many animals . |
| 7 | For them , losing their tails as a way of saving their heads is a common event , and is a specialised process known as autotomy , which literally means ‘ self-cutting ’ . |
| 8 | Corydoras losing their whiskers is a common problem |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | By 1700 stage wagons were a common sight in southern England and were usual through the Midlands by 1750 . |
| 11 | With regard to the first part of the question , ‘ league tables ’ of the most taxed countries is a common response . |
| 12 | So one might expect chemical sensitivity to run in families , if enzyme defects are a common cause of the problem . |
| 13 | The findings confirm that in the early 1990s asthma attacks are a common life threatening problem of concern to hospitals and general practitioners alike . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Lack of opportunities to express their feelings is a common factor in the history of cancer patients and the illness may be a response to that . |
| 18 | Besides carbon , hydrogen , oxygen , and nitrogen , two other non-metals are of outstanding significance in living things : sulphur ( which among other things is a common component of proteins ) ; and phosphorus ( which — among many other roles — is an essential component of nucleic acids ) . |
| 19 | Ambiguity between spatial and temporal variations is a common problem in interpreting any sequence of data from an orbiting satellite . |
| 20 | The issuing of memos is a common means of give instructions . |
| 21 | Today , smogs are a common occurrence in many major cities throughout the world ( figure 7.6 ) . |
| 22 | These days , way of life arguments are a common feature of public debate about the value of small rural schools . |
| 23 | Cigarettes and other smoking materials are a common cause of fires . |
| 24 | Blow-overs were a common occurrence in the early days with lighter gliders and they sometimes even happened on almost windless summer days . |
| 25 | O. ljungmani is a common species found on both sides of the North Atlantic often in large numbers . |
| 26 | But review by the High Court of decisions of tribunals is a common feature of many other tribunals . |
| 27 | Agriostomum vryburgi is a common hookworm of the large intestine of cattle and buffaloes in Asia and South America . |
| 28 | Other significant phenomena which have emerged from such studies are that simple reversals of the numbers are a common form of error , accurate reproduction is facilitated by deliberate grouping in twos or threes and the ends of a span seem to be less prone to error than the middle . |
| 29 | SIR — Frequent falls are a common source of embarrassment and injury in patients with parkinsonism . |
| 30 | Enteric strictures are a common complication of Crohn 's disease , occurring most frequently in the small bowel . |