The phrase "a part in common" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is shared or has similarities between two or more entities.
Example: "The two teams found a part in common when discussing their strategies for the upcoming project."
Alternatives: "a shared aspect" or "a common element".
Overlap can pre-systematically be understood as sharing a part in common; discreteness as sharing no part in common.
A further plausible principle for the part-of relation is the supplementation principle: if x is part of y, there is an object z that is part of y and that does overlap, that is, have a part in common, with x.
Thus one thing is essentially different from another when either they have only a part in common, in which case they are not numerically the same; or they have no parts in common, in which case they are numerically different as well as not numerically the same.
These enhancer variants probably play an important part in common disease susceptibility by influencing transcriptional output.
Another gene on chromosome 19 is believed to play a part in the more common late-onset cases.
Disruptions in the cycle may play a part in the more common types of baldness, and studying the transcription factor may give researchers clues about manipulating the cycle to overcome different types of disorders.
This may play a part in explaining the common submissive nature of patients that GK observed during her fieldwork and more significantly explains the lack of resistance that patients showed towards physicians and their decisions.
These include: maintaining that Cup is later constituted by Tcup (where constitution does not imply identity); denying that Tcup is earlier a proper part of Cup; maintaining that Cup and Tcup are never identical, but only share a later temporal part in common; holding that the identity between the earlier Tcup and later Cup is not literal, but only loose and popular.
What all the designers and creatives who play a part in Nightscapes by Absolut have in common is a deep love for transforming conventional nightlife, whether it comes from strobe lights at English raves decades ago, or (gulp) Burning Man.
Writing in the Journal of Anatomy, they suggest the fibrous band could play a part in one of the most common sports injuries worldwide.
Without it, they can't take part in Commons debates or votes - or even get paid.
