Sentence examples for a common system from inspiring English sources

The International System of Units (SI — Systeme International d'Unites) is used as a common system throughout this chapter.

"There should be a common system for all looted art," she said.

Communication, the exchange of meanings between individuals through a common system of symbols.

But a common system of deposit insurance needs to be rapidly set up.These are big changes.

The North's development was characterized by a common system of free labour, commercial vigour, and agricultural diversity.

In response, ITP joined with the World Travel and Tourism Council and, together with 23 global hotel companies, developed a common system for measuring hotel emissions.

Some changes to EU law will be required, but some technical changes, such as a common system for matching fingerprints, could be done under existing rules.

But consumer groups warned that the chances of a single label being introduced were low unless the food industry agreed to move towards a common system.

India has pledged to set up its own tsunami-warning system, whereas Singapore is proposing that all nations in the region contribute towards a common system.

Nine smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean have already set up a common system, from magistrates' courts to those of first appeal.

Both cities have introduced tiered-rate structures, a common system nowadays, so that rates will rise in incremental blocks as a household's water use increases.