Sentence examples for commonplace at the time from inspiring English sources

"It was commonplace at the time.

Ernst & Young vowed to defend itself, saying its actions "were permissible under the profession's rules and were commonplace" at the time.

Still, many noted that the cards themselves were not very old and that similar laments of a bygone era were commonplace at the time of the subway token's demise.

James Hutchison, the minister of Kilallan, about 5 mile north of Paisley, delivered a sermon to the commission; it was commonplace at the time for a member of the clergy to preach to the court in Scottish witch trials, and they were not infrequently instrumental in securing convictions.

Two years ago, both Geraldine Ferraro, the first female candidate of a major political party to run for vice president, and Jesse Jackson were quoted as saying that they thought a black man would have a harder time than a white woman getting elected president, a commonplace view at the time.

Two daily trains made stops at Camulos until the service was discontinued in the 1940s and tourism by automobile became commonplace at this time.

The job involved investigating and assessing compensation for personal injury to industrial workers; accidents such as lost fingers or limbs were commonplace at this time.

Abandoning figurative art may be considered commonplace today, but at the time this was groundbreaking and extremely provocative.

The engravings upon which the carvings are based were commonplace in Scotland at the time, and were frequently used in the art of memory, a mnemonic memory technique associated with Freemasonry.

In other words, centenarians like George will be commonplace by the time I'm his age.

One of the commonplaces of feature writing at the time was a tendency to embroider.