Sentence examples for once a common practice from inspiring English sources

Lynching, or public execution by hanging, was once a common practice in parts of the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

(Once a common practice, chalking is now illegal because it can damage and obscure original images).

Treating motor symptoms with surgery was once a common practice, but since the discovery of levodopa, the number of operations declined.

It was once a common practice to give horses a weekly bran mash of wheat bran mixed with warm water and other ingredients.

I think it is one of my relatives!" What was once a common practice amongst the Jivaro Indians of Ecuador, the shrinking of human heads was a ritual that had been handed down from one generation to another.

Hand thinning of young apple and peach fruits once was also a common practice, but because of the expense and difficulty, there has been increasing use of chemical sprays as a substitute.

Our study has also confirmed that brushing once daily is still a common practice among people in Nepal which was also reported previously by the 'National Pathfinder Survey' [ 21].

In the early nineteen-seventies, however, another Harvard astronomer, Brian G. Marsden, undertook the laborious task of tracing Swift-Tuttle back in time, a common practice with comets that appear, at most, once in an astronomer's life.

Grobman contended that Barclays charged attorney's fees and late fees after the loan was "accelerated," a common practice where the bank demands the full balance once a borrower becomes delinquent.

Major peat fires were burning once again in North Carolina throughout late spring and summer of 2011.,, In agricultural fields, burning residue is a common practice worldwide.

It was a common practice to buy birds; 22% of owners purchased birds from another poultry farm at least once a year.