These terms of reference, so commonplace to the chemist or the pharmacologist, are unfamiliar to most of us.
There is a hypnotic, tinkling air to the melodies that matches the "one foot in front of the other" rhymes of the lyrics, which occasionally make room for commonplace obscenities and naughty references to (ooh-la-la) specific sex acts.
Literary readings or references are commonplace at classical concerts these days, and the 92nd Street Y's quartet in residence begins a three-concert series exploring the relationship between Beethoven quartets and the writings that inspired them or pay tribute to them.
Yet, while Augustine is not often referred to in medieval definitions of probability, a reference to Topics I became a commonplace.
It's like a G-rated Howard Stern Show based out of New Jersey that discusses obscure rock and culture references like they're commonplace knowledge.
Today, with the subprime crisis seemingly on the verge of metamorphosing into a recession, references to it have become commonplace on financial Web sites and in the reports of Wall Street analysts.
Russell, instead of expressing interest in the possibility that Jones anticipated Frege on sense and reference, dismisses the distinction as "a commonplace of logic".
Because much of the telephone survey was based on previously validated instruments, standardized questionnaires, and/or commonplace data collection techniques, Tier I information serves as the reference for testing innovative data collection strategies used in Tiers II and III.
Outsider filmmaker Sidney N. Laverents lists Benchley as an influence as well, and James Thurber used Benchley as a reference point, citing Benchley's penchant for presenting "the commonplace as remarkable" in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Let's reference the Museum of Modern Art's definition: a readymade is a "commonplace prefabricated object isolated from its functional context and elevated to the status of art by the mere act of an artist's selection".
