For her, horrible dates and broken hearts were as common as snowstorms in Colorado.
They were as common as shag carpet in conversion vans, popular in the 1970's.
For native North Koreans, secrets and omnipresent surveillance were as common as air.
In the 18th century, punctuation marks were as common as medicinal leeches and just about as scientific.
In art circles, hashish, cocaine and opium were as common as wine.
By 1971, message songs were as common as love songs, even if, in Whitfield and Strong's case, they didn't necessarily denote personal radicalism.
This week, when the Guardian visited, the gripes were as common as the plaudits among the Brits who are in the vanguard of this new community.
EVEN in good financial times, when home renovations in Brooklyn were as common as restaurant openings, one aspect of the restorations always seemed to lag behind: the backyard.
Obsessions and fixations were as common as brilliant chains of reasoning, and every step forward seemed to be countered by two steps sideways and a half step back.
If No Irish signs were as common as is asserted, there should be plenty of them remaining in private collections, local archives and the like.
In Eisenhower's day, as in the time of the Founding Fathers, all chins were smooth, while during the Civil War beards were as common as sepsis.
