Prosecution agreements have become more common in the prosecution of big banks.
But as cross-border takeovers have become more common, so they have begun to affect companies governments regard as the crown jewels of their economy.
Fruits and vegetables have lost their seasons and have been supplemented by exotic species, and once-scarce foods such as salmon and venison have become more common.
Such stories have become more common as politicians' foibles are publicized more, said Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
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It isn't clear whether pranks have become more common and elaborate or if they are simply garnering more attention, thanks to students who broadcast their efforts on social media.
One of Labour's proudest boasts is that crime has dipped by a third since it came to power in 1997 (critics counter that serious offences have become more common).
Higher-voltage transmission lines that have become more common in recent years are intrinsically more susceptible to upset, and those lines are largely concentrated in the manufacturing centers of the Midwest.
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Cash deals in California have become more common in the low-tier housing market, according to First Tuesday, probably due in part to the greater difficulty borrowers have had in getting a mortgage.
As implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps have become more common, one innovative feature has been the addition of the ability to control the devices wirelessly via the internet.
While observation stays are still infrequent, they have become much more common in recent years.
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"In the lead-up to parliamentary elections, scheduled to be held between October 2013 and January 2014, strikes have become a more common tool for political parties to further their interests, " the report noted.
Increasingly intrusive and risky procedures have become far more common since the original Miss World protest in 1970 - from facelifts and silicone breast implants to "nasal tip enhancement", the "internal bra" (a "revolutionary surgical breast support"), labiaplasties and "breast boosters".
Frustrated by the lack of computer-predicted warming over the past decade, some IPCC supporters have been claiming that "extreme weather" has become more common because of more CO2.
Since 2008, price swings of 4 percent or more, largely disconnected from supply and demand fundamentals, have become so common that they no longer signify some external event causing the shift.
Neither the group with these infections nor those without were more likely to have met sex partners online, arguing against what has become common knowledge.
The one critical common element across all of them: In a country where most states have become more Republican or Democratic, they have stubbornly clung to a more even split among the major parties.
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Comcast may have to agree to refer disputes over the price it pays to carry rivals' content, which are expected to become more common in the next few years, to binding arbitration.
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