Sentence examples for once common practice from inspiring English sources

Mr. Barth said it was once common practice to give out the hotel room numbers of guests when outsiders called.

The idea of direct government employment — a once common practice — has been anathema on the American right since the late 1970s.

Shrinking woodlands, the absence of the once common practice of letting fields lie fallow and especially rapidly expanding expanses of mono-crops have each played a role.

From the historical literature it is apparent that birthing in an upright position was once common practice while today it appears that the majority of women within Western cultures give birth in a semi-recumbent position.

It was once common practice for politicians to receive complimentary seats to sporting events, but a state ethics ruling in 2008 made it clear that state officials were prohibited from soliciting or accepting such tickets in most cases.

The state proposal echoes what was once common practice in New York City: Until budget cuts in the late 1980's, most high school students with limited English skills were offered three periods of English instruction every day, J.D. La Rock, a Board of Education spokesman, said.

Take marriage payments, a once-common practice.

As childbirth, motherhood, and child rearing became medicalized, the once-common practice of wet-nursing began to decline.

For those who do not choose to enroll, banks would presumably revert to the once-common practice of declining transactions when the charge would create a negative balance.

The once-common practice of cutting off a branch so that its base is flush with the limb is now recognized as inadvisable.

The application of pruning paint, or dressing, also a once-common practice, is unnecessary, but thin coasts may be applied for cosmetic reasons.