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

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1 Apparently there 's a biblical precedent for this , which is why it 's standard practice in the new Republic of Gilead .
2 Yes sir it 's standard practice .
3 But the USAF said that it 's standard practice .
4 It 's good practice , ’ Nutty panted , in a dying effort to keep up morale .
5 It 's good practice to use three balls in rotation in cold weather , one being in play on any one hole , and the two others remaining in your pocket where your body heat can keep them at a reasonable temperature .
6 Still , it 's good practice for what lies ahead , I suppose . ’
7 What I was interested in at , at the briefing er , for the Committee , was that we do n't actually go out and sell this in inverted commas , to other authorities , they come to us , because they 've heard it 's good practice .
8 If you go into that weekly han , that session hand-up booklet , that one yes , if you just hold it up Alistair , so everybody can see it , I know you may have put it away sorry , I think it 's good practice is n't it ?
9 " It 's bad practice to keep your woodstore above deck , " said Richard .
10 But for Harriet and Adam Hunt it 's valuable practice time .
11 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 .
12 In South-east Asia , it 's common practice to leave them .
13 It 's common practice to supply , in addition to the top copy , an extra copy of the draft contract and of the transfer .
14 It 's common practice in almost all library services to advise the publishers of the reasons for the decisions taken .
15 While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself .
16 Therefore , under normal circumstances , the effect of drying can supplement the use of a disinfectant and it is good practice to combine disinfection with drying .
17 It is good practice in any event to use a colour that is specific to manual detergents .
18 It is good practice and you will soon learn how careful you have to be not to scare them — and the bigger the chub are , the more careful you have to be .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ANDREW SMITH 'S TIP : When keeping any bubble-nesting Anabantoid , it is good practice to include floating plants and plants that reach to the surface to provide hiding places and nest sites .
22 If a form HO/RT/1 is issues and the driver elects to produce the document at a distant police station it is good practice to also request the suspected driver to produce his registration document at the same time .
23 Needs and wants are often similar , but it is good practice to assume there may be a distinction .
24 To avoid ambiguity it is good practice to complete the comments section even if the current version is required .
25 Engine management gauges are few ( oil temperature and pressure plus a rev counter ) and it is good practice to allow such small vintage power units sufficient time to thoroughly warm up before committing one 's future prospects to them .
26 It is good practice for a trainee to be given the opportunity to work in more than one department to broaden his experience .
27 Even if you are certain in your mind about the usefulness/uselessness of a particular book , it is good practice to skim through the book from beginning to end .
28 Such surveillance should not , of course , be thrust on unwilling recipients without good cause , but it is good practice to keep in touch and know how people are getting on .
29 [ In a competitive proposal situation it is good practice to market our track record .
30 It is good practice to go through any document before parting with it and eliminate any word that is not essential to conveying the precise meaning intended .
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