Sentence examples for is commonplace the from inspiring English sources

Even in a country where political theater of the absurd is commonplace, the great cap kerfuffle took many Venezuelans by surprise.

The industry's reliance on taxpayer-supported research -- characterized as "a subsidy" by the very same economists whose work the industry relies on -- is commonplace, the examination also found.

Physical violence is commonplace: the frequent beatings the children in the extended household receive also spill over, rarely but astonishingly, into adult interaction.

"The thing is, you know they'll be thinking much the same", begins "A Thing Unheard-of", and while the story's subject, a breakup, is commonplace, the tight focus of Kennedy's telling renders it practically abstract.

In San Francisco, where the unusual is commonplace, the plucky shrub has received quite a bit of attention, though not nearly as much as Humphrey, the whale who meandered through the bay's backwaters in 1985 and into a freshwater cul-de-sac amid agricultural land 70 miles from the ocean.

As is commonplace, the program will close with a demo day — the "BUIDLer Day" — which will see startups pitch to an audience of investors, media and other industry figures.

Even in an age in which computerized feats are commonplace, the N.S.A.'s capabilities are breathtaking.

Multiracial lineups and embrace of black music was commonplace (the Beat, the Specials, the Selecter).

The drinking was commonplace, the smoking was constant, the relationships between the executives and the secretaries was exactly right.

"It's commonplace," the same soldier said; he added that no one was forced to submit to urine tests.

If his behaviour were commonplace, the story would barely elicit a reaction.