"Where it's extremely cold it's not uncommon for people to drink all day long, " said Val Smith, president of International Wine and Spirits, which provided the data on per-capita alcohol consumption.
Ravel's exclusive publishing arrangement notwithstanding, it's not uncommon for musical works to be published over time by different publishers and subsequently freighted with the conflicting, sometimes overzealous or heavy-handed input of seriatim editors reflecting shifting interpretative mores.
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It's not uncommon for orchestra musicians to be picky when it comes to their music director, says Henry Fogel, the president of the American Symphony Orchestra League.
It's not uncommon for students to take a politics class in Mandarin or history in Arabic.
It's not uncommon to see people in bathrobes simply sitting and contemplating the desert.
He added that it's not uncommon for hospitals to be out of compliance with CMS rules.
It's not uncommon for rural folks to die at home without ever seeing a doctor or nurse.
It's not uncommon that companies require directors to hold a sizable percentage--usually half--of their retainer in stock.
It's not uncommon to find some Ganges water in Hindu households across the length and breadth of India.
It's not uncommon, though, for Sephardic Jews to feel the pull of Spain.
"It's not uncommon for records to be erroneously reported, " says Sara Wilcox, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records NA Inc.
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It's not uncommon for riders to gain weight while pedaling across the state, given how much food is on offer.
Plenty of romance goes on, too, and it's not uncommon to sign up single and leave ISU attached or even engaged.
It's not uncommon for places on our Best Cities for Singles list to gain or lose a few points in the rankings, year-over-year.
And it's not uncommon for them to take out more than 100 ads over the course of the three- to four-month campaign period.
It's not uncommon for a body part to go numb after staying in the same position for a long time, whether sitting or standing.
It's not uncommon for this sort of establishment to have signed a 20-year lease, which means some are still paying '90s-era rents, at least for now.
It's not uncommon for a bank to increase interest rates on the customers they assume in a merger, said Erik Salmon, business credit advisor at BusinessCreditSuccess.com.
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It's not uncommon for a health insurance plan to assign mental claims to a separate, and nastier, review process than the one it uses for other claims.
It's not uncommon for one last tweet before bedtime to lead to YouTube wormholes, which lead to a few emails, which lead to the inevitable 4 a.m.
It's not uncommon for a patient to go to a doctor with a common cold and be sent home with five boxes of pills and an IV drip.
As for inventory and accounts receivable, it's not uncommon for those to be discounted by as much as 50% (for fear of, say, one big customer having a financial meltdown).
This exclusive resort in southern Brazil is so out of the way, it's not uncommon for guests (ages 18 and up) to arrive via private helicopters, landing on the on-site helipad.
While many suburban and urban areas work to keep guns out of the hands of children, it's not uncommon for youths in rural areas to own guns for target practice and hunting.
Today it's not uncommon for suppliers to build large chunks of an automobile--a complete dashboard or a front-end module, say--at their own factories, then ship them to the auto plant for final assembly.
"Sense, taste and smell and vision and hearing have a normal range, but there can be a hundred-fold between the ability of people to discern a taste or odour - it's not uncommon, " says Dietrich.
It's not uncommon for executives of smaller companies to jump ship within a few years of the business selling to a larger firm, whether it's out of entrepreneurial restlessness or unhappiness with the corporate status quo.
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It's also not uncommon to find 30 rooms of which only two are baths.
It's not that uncommon for an 8-year-old to prefer chocolate over Brussels sprouts.
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