Sentence examples for were a common practice from inspiring English sources

The episode compelled Vann to conclude that the other stories he had been told were not exaggerations — that torture and murder were a common practice.

After his ordination, Soegija appended the word, meaning "prayer" or "hope", as a suffix to his birth name; such additions were a common practice in Javanese culture after its bearer reached an important milestone.

Over the past centuries, consanguineous marriages were a common practice, and the custom remains prevalent in many countries (Bittles and Black 2010a; Hamamy et al. 2011).

Single locus DNA sequence studies were a common practice in fungi in the past, thus, large amounts of information have been accumulated in databases for several parts of the nuclear ribosomal rRNA repeat (in particular the ITS and 28S) [ 14– 16] and genes like the β-tubulin [ 17].

But it's a common practice now.

That seems to be a common practice.

It's a common practice in politics.

"That's a common practice across the board.

In fact, it was a common practice for many anorexics.

This was a common practice across Europe at the time.

It's a common practice known as "de-contenting".