Sentence examples for than commonplace from inspiring English sources

Mr Nečas denies the allegations, has yet to be charged and insists his actions are little more than commonplace political horse-trading.

That this stuff seems notable rather than commonplace perhaps tells you more about the current musical era than it does about East India Youth.

Payne is a patient and orderly director; he wants character revelation and eruptive moments, and he carefully builds his scenes and gets both, but some of the elements in "Sideways" are no more than commonplace.

The musicians argued there were no more than "commonplace musical elements" between the two songs.

Problems arise, however, when objects that are rare are deemed more valuable than commonplace objects, when "big" is deemed superior to "small," or in general terms when distinctions become a basis for value discrimination.

Why doesn't that model generalise to America at large? "Imagine how much more pleasant our lives would be if we just kept up the public furniture enough that rust, cracks, leaky roofs and toilets that stop up became rare rather than commonplace".

It is no more than a commonplace of fact, that we feel better about some ends rather than others and that we often feel that our ends are better that those that others have.

"Retaining talent successfully involves getting to know the motivation of individuals more precisely than is commonplace".

What you describe as a secret and outrageous arrangement for "free" legal services is nothing more than a commonplace contingency fee agreement.

Imported tuna belly, ventresca, packed in olive oil, tends to be pricey, best thought of as a delicacy rather than a commonplace lunchbox item.

Terry's inquiries suggest that he is after something more complicated than the commonplace 'scumbag with a gun' that Arrango takes the perpetrator to be.