"What are you doing?" might prompt the answer "Standing outside" from a computer, whereas a human would respond "Fire alarm" – recognising the common understanding that exists between the speakers.
There was a common understanding that a university was a public institution dedicated to teaching, research and the free exchange of ideas.
"There is a common understanding that there needs to be greater collaboration and better integration between the various parties in the design and construction process," she says.
Like the black British community from which it had sprung, there was a common understanding that it was here to stay.
The memo states that the Five-Eyes agreement "has evolved to include a common understanding that both governments will not target each other's citizens/persons".
"[The 1946 UKUSA] agreement has evolved to include a common understanding that both governments will not target each other's citizens/persons.
summit in February, Kiev and Brussels are building upon a common understanding that Ukraine needs to demonstrate determined action and tangible progress on a number of key issues.
"We have a common understanding that constitutionalism is a central issue for China's reform," said Zhang Qianfan, the law professor who drafted the petition.
"There's a common understanding that there's a dip in wellbeing in middle age, and that's been found in many datasets across human cultures," Alex Weiss, a psychologist at Edinburgh University, told the Guardian.
As stated on its webpage, "League members are united by the common understanding that there is more to life than the ability to kick a pigskin between two white posts".
"There's a common understanding that we need to help Merkel get something that looks like a victory," said a senior European Union official, who, like other officials interviewed, was not authorized to comment by name.
