Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] common [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is common ground that the question whether or not the boys should be returned to Australia depends upon the discretion of the court . |
| 2 | So it 's common sense not to let him into every area of your life . |
| 3 | Even so it was common practice ( and indeed still is ) to crimp with one 's teeth ! |
| 4 | Thus it is common ground in the present case that if a manufacturer negligently makes and markets defective goods , for instance a car with defective brakes , or a soothing syrup for babies which is negligently contaminated with corrosive acid , and the defective goods are put on the market and sold to a member of the public , and the predictable accident follows and a young baby is injured , for instance if the baby is a passenger in the car when the brakes fail and the car crashes , or is given the syrup , it is no defence to an action for damages , by or on behalf of the baby , for the manufacturer to prove that the baby was only born after the defective goods had left the manufacturer 's premises or even had passed to the member of the public by purchase from the retailer . |
| 5 | ( Also it was common practice in the construction industry for employees to be moved . ) |
| 6 | Since all four windings in one stack must be excited concurrently it is common practice to interconnect the windings to form one phase . |
| 7 | As Mayberry ( 1978 : 33 ) points out : Today it is common practice to begin papers by setting the record straight , so to speak , sometimes with what strikes the reader as being an unusually strong position regarding inter-sign language comprehension given the current state of knowledge . ’ |
| 8 | As for Italy , when I lived there 20 years ago it was common knowledge that many small businesses kept two sets of books : one for the authorities , the other for real . |