Sentence examples for uncommon state from inspiring English sources

This is, to put it mildly, an uncommon state of affairs for anyone who frequents the cinema, the theatre, or the opera house.

On a bright evening in June (when the sun didn't set till after bedtime) the room was light and cheerful; on a dark, gray winter's night - not an uncommon state of affairs in Edinburgh - it will at least remain cheerful thanks in good part to the staff: it was a pleasure to see how amiably and enthusiastically they engaged with customers.

As already discussed before, spore formation mainly derives from diploid cells, which is a very uncommon state in the life cycle of P. pastoris.

Although Democratic victories are not uncommon in state executive-branch positions, there has not been a Democratic majority in the state Senate since 1936 or in the House since 1964.

My research on the polling from past presidential elections suggests that it is not necessarily uncommon for state polls and national polls to tell a slightly different story about the state of the campaign, and that looking for some sort of compromise between them is the best strategy.

It is also not uncommon for state highway officials to testify on behalf of contractors in wrongful death lawsuits — or to help them in other ways.

The Ministry of Public Security is planning new regulations on name registration because the government's computer database for new electronic identity cards for China's 1.3 billion people does not contain thousands of uncommon characters, state media reported.

In the realm of social welfare it is not uncommon for state policies to promote exactly opposite values, ignore the structural causes of service users' hardships and even blame the victims.

His motives are a mystery, but I suspect they have more to do with the kind of petty, parochial jealousies and concerns that are not exactly uncommon in state legislatures than with anything so grand as a fear that the scheme might someday hand the White House to a Republican loser.

It was not uncommon for state officials whose duties were not directly affected by the Obama initiatives to chime in, creating a chorus of opposition.

AD5 is an uncommon transition state for O. flocktoniae and we were unable to include it in the matrix modelling as we did not monitor the earlier transitions for these few plants.