Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] common " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When ‘ untreated ’ timber ( ie , wood which has not been impregnated with preservative ) is built into solid walls , it has no protection from dampness in the wall and it is common for joist-ends to be shielded by a skin of brickwork only a half-a-brick thick ( Fig 31 ) . |
| 3 | Tradition demands that the cowls should be painted white and it is common practice to spray their surfaces with glass-fibre to improve durability . |
| 4 | There are , however , a number of situations that produce further modification of the surface of the bone at this third stage of bone modification ( Fig. 1.2 ) , and it is common for bones to be modified by one or more of these processes . |
| 5 | You may lose hair because of illness or a shock , and it is common to have hair loss about three months after having a baby , but this is only temporary and the hair grows back . |
| 6 | ‘ Farmer Giles was backing his luck ’ , as people often do ; and it is common knowledge that while this is irrational it works much more often than mere ‘ chance ’ would dictate . |
| 7 | There had earlier been an interim order which lasted for some 13 days up to 23 December 1991 and it is common ground on this appeal that the 13 days must by reason of the regulations be subtracted from the three months . |
| 8 | Part II deals with membership and it is common ground that Norwich was eligible to be , and became , a member of Lautro . |
| 9 | Egyptian bureaucracy is slow and it is common practice to circumvent officialdom whenever possible . |
| 10 | The disk in this family is delicate and prone to damage and it is common to find deep sea specimens without their disks . |
| 11 | Accordingly there was no consideration for the owner 's agreement to pay the further 10 per cent. , since the yard were already contractually bound to build the ship and it is common ground that the devaluation of the dollar had in no way lessened the yard 's legal obligation to do this . |
| 12 | All MPhil and PhD students normally have two supervisors and it is common for one of these to come from outside the department . |
| 13 | On the evidence before the learned judge , it was plain that Wickes had been trading on Sundays and intended to continue doing so in the future unless restrained by the court ; and it was common ground between the parties that Wickes ' Sunday trading was in breach of section 47 unless that section had been rendered ineffective by article 30 of the Treaty . |
| 14 | But when she came to one edge of the paving slabs … she tripped and fell ; and it was common ground that there was a difference in height between the concrete and the paving slab of an inch and a half … |
| 15 | The pixel data may be in 8-bit binary words , but it is common for them to be 7-bit binary words , to preserve the capability of 7-bit transmission or coded as ascii hex characters , ie. , 0–9 and a-f , thus also preserving printability . |
| 16 | Other characters may also be found , but it is common practice to refer to all symbolic characters as Shou ( or Fu ) symbols , regardless of their exact form or meaning . |
| 17 | In formal debates only one amendment may be before the meeting at any one time , but it is common practice in committees to allow several amendments to be moved , seconded and accepted . |
| 18 | Cottee was not transfer-listed yesterday , but it is common knowledge that Everton are open to offers and Kendall revealed there has been some interest already this season from other clubs . |
| 19 | But it 's common knowledge , I suppose . |
| 20 | ‘ She never told me about Shergold but it was common gossip how he felt about her , ’ he admitted at last . |