Preposition: for

• bride: During the American Revolution, it wasn't uncommon for brides show their support for the rebellion by donning a red dress.

• patient: It is very uncommon for patients to experience any discomfort during implant placement.

• someone: It is not uncommon for someone living over the road from you to belong to a completely different ward.

Infinitive complement

• hear: Its not uncommon to hear such rents being paid.

• find: It is not uncommon to find older women who have an entire room of their homes filled with special dolls on display.

• see: Not uncommon to see 10 or more in a dive.

Modifies a noun

• occurrence: I was wrong ( a not uncommon occurrence ).

• surname: This page was first published in December 1995, to provide some information on the rather uncommon surname of Sipple.

• migrant: Thresher Sharks are usually uncommon summer migrants to the English Channel.

• specie: This is an uncommon resident species in the Nile Valley.

• complication: An uncommon complication of the disorder is central nervous system invasion.

• tumor: CONCLUSIONS: Primary SCC of the parotid gland is an uncommon tumor with a highly malignant potential.

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: Apart from these, fungi are a relatively uncommon cause of human disease.

• not: Its not uncommon to hear such rents being paid.

• fairly: Tho fairly uncommon, the merlins seem to be holding their own in Wharfedale.

• nationally: Photo courtesy RSPB Several nationally uncommon species occur on the heath including the Grayling butterfly, and breeding Stonechat, Dartford Warbler and Nightjar.

• locally: The limestone outcrops have several locally uncommon species including rock whitebeam and angular Solomon's Seal.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Consultant medical staff participating and supervising phlebotomy seems not uncommon in Italy as Italian law requires the presence of a medical attendant.

• mean: On this side of the Atlantic, in-house trainees are by no means uncommon.