Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] common [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them are common sense but you would be surprised how , in our eagerness to succeed , we often forget them . |
| 2 | There are considerable differences over the interpretation of the three methodological practices , but in their general form they are common currency amongst Marxists . |
| 3 | ‘ Drugs are a very serious issue — and you 're quite right , I have been involved in a world where they 're common currency . |
| 4 | I do n't think they 're common criminals . |
| 5 | Most of them had the familiar ‘ jizz ’ of guillemots but were too far out for us to tell if they were common guillemots or the Arctic species , Brünnich 's guillemots. ( 'Jizz' is a term coined by experienced birdwatchers to explain how a distant or fleeting glimpse of a bird can produce a positive identification without your being able to say exactly why . ) |
| 6 | By the end of the thirteenth century , they were common landmarks in the English countryside . |
| 7 | They were common people . |
| 8 | It follows therefore that it is enough for the prosecution if they have proved in these cases the assumption by the [ defendants ] of any of the rights of the owner of the goods in question , that is to say , the supermarket concerned , it being common ground in these cases that the other three of the four elements mentioned in Viscount Dilhorne 's speech in Reg. v. Lawrence had been fully established . |
| 9 | It 's common courtesy . |
| 10 | In my mind it 's common sense that makes a good policeman , not education . |
| 11 | It 's common sense to keep the dust down , as the kitchen is probably the most difficult place to clean up properly . |
| 12 | Personally my advice is as in the diagram above and the box — though when all is said and done , it 's common sense , and you may know better . |
| 13 | So it 's common sense not to let him into every area of your life . |
| 14 | It 's common sense to keep medicines in a safe place away from children , but it 's equally important to lock away vitamin and mineral supplements . |
| 15 | Just like it 's common sense not to lie in the Caribbean sun too long . ’ |
| 16 | Others would if they could , because it 's common knowledge that the work wo n't get done otherwise . |
| 17 | GUIL : It 's common knowledge . |
| 18 | It 's common knowledge that Ingard — in company with other speculators — is having difficulties , and his shares have been severely written down . |
| 19 | The proposals rest on the table of the council of ministers and it 's common knowledge that this government er has er shown the greatest reluctance to see any movement er forward . |
| 20 | It 's common knowledge that you were at that dinner with me . |
| 21 | But it 's common knowledge , I suppose . |
| 22 | Everyone knows that , it 's common knowledge . |
| 23 | Oh it 's common knowledge you see . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's common gossip at TV London , ’ replied Blanche . |
| 25 | it 's common market in n it ? |
| 26 | Towards the end of the Summer term it 's common practice in most schools to invite the parents of the new intake of children to visit the school to explain the routines and organisation , to give them a chance to meet the teachers and also to provide an opportunity for them to share any concerns they might have . |
| 27 | In South-east Asia , it 's common practice to leave them . |
| 28 | It 's common practice to supply , in addition to the top copy , an extra copy of the draft contract and of the transfer . |
| 29 | It 's common practice in almost all library services to advise the publishers of the reasons for the decisions taken . |
| 30 | It 's common talk that Alfred is round the twist and that he 's got worse recently , since his mother died . |