Sentence examples for saying common from inspiring English sources

Q: So you are saying common sense is more important than the contract.

Parkinson said staff and managers blamed bureaucracy for stopping them delivering more dignified care, saying common sense seemed to be missing in the way targets were implemented.

There is a saying common at Morgan Stanley and in much of the financial world that captures the unemotional realism Wall Street so treasures: "It is what it is" -- the facts and the numbers don't lie, and certain things are simply beyond one's control.

McNamara plans to lodge an appeal against Paton's dismissal, saying: "Common sense will show that Paton wasn't even involved".

Yes, the proverbial saying "common things happen commonly" is true.

However, as publishers are preparing to rake in the money, Shael Polakow-Suransky, the chief academic officer of New York City schools is warning principals to be wary: "There's lots and lots of books that have got fancy, pretty stickers on them saying 'Common Core,' but they actually haven't changed anything in the inside".

The Budget Committee debate on Monday followed a familiar script, with Democrats accusing Republicans of cruelty and Republicans saying "common-sense" cuts to duplicative programs would not lead to any real pain.

Mick Whelan, general secretary, said "common sense had broken out".

Furthermore, he said, common misperceptions often fuel anger.

Others reject such claims and say common criminals are to blame.

It was, Pell, said, common knowledge that the swimming incident had occurred.