Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] common " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally it has been common practice for schools to seek to maintain discipline and control misbehaviour via the exertion of authority and the employment of sanctions as punishments . |
| 2 | It has been common practice for petroleum geologists to regard the pre-Permian rocks of England south of the so-called Variscan Front as economic basement . |
| 3 | When we focus on differences between Japan and the West it has been common to paint pictures based to a large extent on our general impression of how relations at work offer such sharply contrasting attitudes to work . |
| 4 | In the South East , for example , it has been common to find former village shops and post offices converted into bookshops , antique shops and delicatessens . |
| 5 | In the past it has been common wisdom that a major party will not suggest extreme policies , for to do so is to invite electoral defeat . |
| 6 | It has been common practice to anticipate the worst load conditions in setting the count required to generate the RETARD signal . |
| 7 | Secondly , during the 1980s it has been common for firms to make ‘ underwriting losses ’ . |
| 8 | It has been common practice to prioritise the need to prepare the accounts in accordance with SSAPs . |
| 9 | 4 Reasonableness in the public interest It has been common in the past to underestimate the importance of public policy or the public interest in the restraint of trade doctrine . |