1.   This is not as uncommon as you might at first think.

2.   Mrs Toward said one-hour waits were not as uncommon as Mr Threlfall made out.

3.   As uncommon as food allergies are, a surprisingly large number of people believe they have them.

4.   Seeing things as if for the first time, seeing the familiar as unfamiliar, the common as uncommon.

5.   A whiff was as uncommon as a hole-in-one.