Example sentences of "and it is common " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Tradition demands that the cowls should be painted white and it is common practice to spray their surfaces with glass-fibre to improve durability . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Part II deals with membership and it is common ground that Norwich was eligible to be , and became , a member of Lautro . |
| 8 | Egyptian bureaucracy is slow and it is common practice to circumvent officialdom whenever possible . |
| 9 | The disk in this family is delicate and prone to damage and it is common to find deep sea specimens without their disks . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All MPhil and PhD students normally have two supervisors and it is common for one of these to come from outside the department . |