Sentence examples for corruption was commonplace from inspiring English sources
Yes, it was a long time ago and back in the day police corruption was commonplace, while health and safety was unheard of.
Despite holding many positions that angered his opponents, Morton was highly regarded for remaining clean of graft during the war period when corruption was commonplace.
Mr. Wainaina's song, whose title means "a nation of something small," has caught on among the wananchi, or everyday people, of this country, where corruption is commonplace.
This is not just Pakistan's problem, though the temptation must be greater in a country where – as Imran Khan argued yesterday – corruption is commonplace, cricket salaries are erratic and the fat cheques of the Indian Premier League are denied by international politics.
The 57-year old Mr. Parrikar is a graduate of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology and has impressed middle-class Indians by taking economy-class flights, by hailing a taxi himself at the airport, and with clean governance in his state, when political excess and corruption are commonplace.
But in much of the world corruption is commonplace.
Voorhees said "cultural barriers" may have made it difficult for the jury to understand the situation in Nigeria, where brutality and corruption were commonplace under the rule of Gen. Sani Abacha, who died in 1998 shortly after the incident at the oil platform.
Evidence of high-level corruption, though, was commonplace.
By 1830 the sport had become widely known for its corruption, and blatant cheating was commonplace.
Blagojevich's sentencing came just days before his 55th birthday on Saturday, and nearly three years to the day of his arrest at dawn on Dec. 9, 2008, when the startled governor asked one federal agent, "Is this a joke?" In a state where corruption has been commonplace, images of Blagojevich being led away in handcuffs still came as a shock.
