Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] practice [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 There are many ways of allocating overheads — numbers employed , payroll , space occupied , gross fees — and it is good practice to choose the basis most suited to each type of cost involved .
2 A buyer needs to be kept informed about each and every detail that crops up during the course of the transaction and , immediately prior to exchange of contracts , it is good practice to supply a written report to the buyer , explaining precisely what the property entails in a legal sense .
3 In these cases , we may want to smooth to remove the effect of events which are unique or which are simply not the main trend in which we are interested ; it is good practice to plot the rough as well as the smooth values , to inspect exactly what has been discarded .
4 Nevertheless , it is good practice to grant the tenant express rights of access over the common parts of the building .
5 It is good practice to make a note of the client 's telephone number on the file .
6 To avoid ambiguity it is good practice to complete the comments section even if the current version is required .
7 Employees should be informed if a company car is included in the compensation package and if it is usual practice to employ a driver .
8 Where a person is injured it is normal practice to take a statement to the effect that ‘ the following injuries were sustained ’ .
9 It is normal practice to use a drogue or parachute to keep the cable under tension after it has been released from the glider .
10 Although an equal mixture of the three subtractive primaries will , in theory , produce black it is normal practice to use a separate black ink .
11 ‘ If there is any suspicion at all , it is normal practice to inform the local police . ’
12 It is common practice to use a company to make the acquisition for reasons of limited liability ( where assets and business are being acquired ) , and because the procedure is well understood .
13 It is common practice to put a battery on charge when it still has some life in it .
14 It is common practice to tip the people who have done the removal work so you may want to withdraw enough for this too .
15 Planning permission , rights of way , etc — it is common practice to buy a property intending to say , extend it or run a business from it .
16 If one form only is permitted , it is common practice to adopt the plural .
17 If completion accounts are required , it is common practice to require the relevant accountants to agree the apportionment at the time they agree the completion statement as the price will not be finalised at the time of contract .
18 After explaining a benefit it is sound practice to ask the buyer ‘ Is this the kind of thing you are looking for ? ’
19 In the absence of this information , it is sound practice to make a secondary arrangement of key words ; they can not be left as they are above , for they make sense only as their interrelation is explicitly shown .
20 The first is that when a property is subject to restrictive covenants , it is bad practice to burden the title with a fresh covenant to observe them , unless it is really necessary to protect a seller , who will remain personally responsible for their observance .
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