The phrase "a more common expression" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when comparing the frequency or familiarity of different expressions or phrases in language.
Example: "While 'to pass away' is a polite term for death, 'to die' is a more common expression."
Alternatives: "a more frequently used phrase" or "a more widely accepted term".
But the more common expression of disapproval, within the New York Police Department, involves a practice known as "keying the microphone," or "stepping on someone" — essentially tying up the channel by repeatedly pressing the talk button.
The "Land of Israel" is barely mentioned in the Old Testament: the more common expression is the Land of Canaan.
The title, Working Buildings, borrows its form from the more common expression "working models". While working models tend to be tentative and temporary, built work is often presented as definitive and final.
Furthermore, the preferential expression of Sdc1 and c-met in pure versus coexistent DCIS parallels the significantly more common expression of proangiogenic factors in pure versus coexistent DCIS [ 29].
The diagnosis of SPD was empirically derived based on the symptoms of individuals with a genetic relationship to schizophrenia patients and SPD may be a more common phenotypic expression of a schizophrenia-related diathesis than is schizophrenia itself.
These new findings raise the possibility that such paired and/or bidirectional transcription units may be a more common feature of gene expression in the face than was previously appreciated.
It is also possible that Twist expression is a more common phenomenon during EMT, thus suggesting Twist as a more specific marker for EMT.
That raises the question of whether the cardioesophageal carcinoma case is unique in relation to uncoupled changes in the levels of the eEF1B subunits, or the independent regulation of the subunits expression represents a more common situation in human cancer tissues.
