Sentence examples for common story for from inspiring English sources

"It's a common story for island folk around the world," said Mr. Hampton, who is director of the Center for Tourism in Islands and Coastal Areas at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, and treasurer of the International Small Islands Studies Association.

Eight months on the shipping schedule has slipped — a very common story for hardware startups.

It's a common story for the hundred or so estimated people who arrive each year expecting to strike it rich, Lane said.

Zeenat and Maria cannot be the common story for women and girls in Pakistan.

This is a common story for our students at WGU, including one of our recent graduates, Shakera Baxter.

April Jackson is a 24-year-old pregnant mother of four who, according to Brewer, represents an incredibly common story for young pregnant women in Mississippi.

A common story of "failure" for development projects in Africa -- and, I am sure, in other places -- is that of the well dug by non-governmental organization (NGO) employees with good intentions in a village where they teach the residents how to care for and use the well (in shop talk, "capacity building").

Across Malawi, this has been a painfully common story, as for more than two decades HIV has shattered families and left more than a million children orphaned.

It is a common story, but not for her sport.

Cofounder Leonhard Widrich tells me that it's to hire faster (the common story these days for growing startups) as well as to bring in the network of some 19 angel investors who are providing the funding.

-What is the purpose of creating labels for common story lines?