Example sentences of "it [be] common [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's common sense to keep the dust down , as the kitchen is probably the most difficult place to clean up properly . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In South-east Asia , it 's common practice to leave them . |
| 4 | It 's common practice to supply , in addition to the top copy , an extra copy of the draft contract and of the transfer . |
| 5 | After all , it is common sense to expect low margins in the United States , given the intensity of the competition there . |
| 6 | One may remark that it is common experience to find that conscientious people who have a job to do that is too much for them ( like writing a book ) turn in their uncertainty to doing a succession of easier jobs instead ( like answering their mail , drawing up syllabuses , or rationalising office organisation ) . |
| 7 | When preparing statistics on guest spending power , room sales and length of stay of guests it is common practice to use averages . |
| 8 | In order to simplify the agreement of rates and subsequent measurement of work with sub-contractors , it is common practice to use methods of measurements which conform neither with the bills of quantities nor with the standard method of measurement of building work . |
| 9 | It is common practice to use only the information on benefits and earnings when the information on other sources of income is unavailable . |
| 10 | It is common practice to use a company to make the acquisition for reasons of limited liability ( where assets and business are being acquired ) , and because the procedure is well understood . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | To overcome the problem of the softner regenerating at a time of peak demand , it is common practice to install duplex units in service/standby mode . |
| 13 | It is common practice to deal with specific facts affecting the Business in the Disclosure Letter rather than in the Agreement itself . |
| 14 | It is common practice to put a battery on charge when it still has some life in it . |
| 15 | It is common practice to tip the people who have done the removal work so you may want to withdraw enough for this too . |
| 16 | Planning permission , rights of way , etc — it is common practice to buy a property intending to say , extend it or run a business from it . |
| 17 | Egyptian bureaucracy is slow and it is common practice to circumvent officialdom whenever possible . |
| 18 | Worse still , in their programmes of records , of which there are many , it is common practice to have to endure several minutes of discussion on the item to be played . |
| 19 | If one form only is permitted , it is common practice to adopt the plural . |
| 20 | Tradition demands that the cowls should be painted white and it is common practice to spray their surfaces with glass-fibre to improve durability . |
| 21 | If completion accounts are required , it is common practice to require the relevant accountants to agree the apportionment at the time they agree the completion statement as the price will not be finalised at the time of contract . |
| 22 | Notice of such adjournment or advancement is given by the court to all parties who were not present when the order was made ( Ord 13 , r 3(2) ) ; it is common practice to send notice also to those parties who were present ( N 232 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | During this initial phase of hospital admission it is common practice to administer prophylactic antiarrhythmic drug therapy , usually lignocaine or procainamide , for 36–48 h . |
| 25 | Although it is common practice to distinguish what Henry Sweet called ‘ form-words ’ as distinct from ‘ full words ’ and to locate the former in grammar rather than lexis , it has to be noted that these ‘ form-words ’ have emerged over time from full-blown lexical sources , and for the most part still have recognizable kin which show clear signs of the relationship . |
| 26 | An Abbey spokesman said it was common practice to advise that a parent 's name should be put first for an account of a very small child . |
| 27 | In the past , it was common practice to work toward economically balanced levels of inventory , quality and other critical factors of prediction … |