unfrequent
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The instances are not unfrequent in which persons have attained a high place both in politics and literature.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
The Golden Eagle breeds only in the Highlands, but it is not an unfrequent visitor to the Lowlands of Scotland in the cold season.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
The Great Bustard was formerly not unfrequent in Britain, but of late years it has become so rare that it is now impossible to describe its habits on the testimony of a living eye-witness.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
A variety of urinary calculus—the uric acid—formed by concretions of this substance in the kidneys is a not unfrequent occurrence in connexion with gout; hence the well-known association of this disease and gravel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
In Ray's time it was not unfrequent on the eastern maritime coasts.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
