Therefore, contact with people is common.

Deliberate self harm is common in the developing world.

Recording forced confessions of detainees is a very common practice in Syria, as a way to discourage others from joining the opposition.

Very quickly they told me, Kidney cancer is an uncommon disease.

As is common with most ancient civilizations, the objects made of the most durable and precious materials, and thus more likely to survive, were associated with religious beliefs and practices.

Suicide is also very common in adolescent alcohol abusers, with 1 in 4 suicides in adolescents being related to alcohol abuse.

Miliaria is a common ailment in hot and humid conditions, such as in the tropics and during the summer season.

The tub shape is smaller and deeper than is common in Western homes.

This is a common mistake.

Peace is a popular concept.

The cultivation of benevolence ( mettā bhāvanā ) is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism.

Garrison town is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby.

Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass, but very rarely occurs as the pure free element in nature.

Likewise, France witnessed riots in Vaux en Velin, near Lyon, 20 years ago. So it is important to distinguish what is common to many developed countries and what is specific to France.

British Sign Language is also common.

Resolving that crisis is both easier and more difficult than is commonly supposed.

Pneumonia is a common illness affecting approximately 450 million people a year and occurring in all parts of the world.

This can be as simple as replacing some or all of the food's sugar with a sugar substitute as is common with diet soft drinks such as Coca Cola (for example Diet Coke).

They are more commonly prescribed in Europe.

In English, the most common vowel used in the formation of the combining form is the letter o , added to the word root.

However, some popular religious and tribal practices diverge from mainstream Islam, with a system of marabout societies being very common.

Her name, 'Nana', is Japanese for the number seven, the number by which she was called at the research facility ( Nana is also a fairly common female name in Japan).

People say that the gift of blood is the gift of life.

The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska.

DMF is a common solvent for chemical reactions.

Fish is among the most common food allergens.

France needs a debate on European Union affairs, but only as long as it does not degenerate as is common in Europe into self flagellation.

Obtaining finance against stocks of a wide range of products held in a bonded warehouse is common in much of the world.

Quartz glass, which is common in cuvettes, can withstand high temperatures and is transparent in certain parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

It was originally a common breakfast eaten by farmers in the canton of Bern, but today is eaten all over Switzerland and also in many restaurants in the western world.

Everyone knows that bribery is common in Russia.

The use of the term neurotheology in published scientific work is currently uncommon.

Dental decay is common especially in alcoholics and children.

The imposition of arbitrary taxes is reportedly commonplace.

On the high ground, freezing weather is common in winter.

A common use of knock in technology is for the creation of disease models.

Many posters use B series paper or a close approximation, such as 50 cm 70 cm B5 is a relatively common choice for books.

The independent expert was informed that some male minors held with adults in the Ngozi prison alleged that sexual abuse by adult prisoners was common practice.

This division of core and periphery is common in many countries.

It is common in head and neck cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer.

Occurrence of this type of paresis is altogether uncommon (Lishman 1998).

Financial goals are a common example, to save for retirement or to save for a purchase.

Another commonly seen implementation uses a tuple space, in which the unit of sharing is a tuple.

Design Originally intended for writing compilers for other languages, BCPL is no longer in common use.

Secondary characteristics Several planets or dwarf planets in the Solar System (such as Neptune and Pluto) have orbital periods that are in resonance with each other or with smaller bodies (this is also common in satellite systems).