1.  Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children, for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to <

2.  Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day: that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who couldn't anticipate the obvious.

3.  By this afternoon, the events of last night, or Dennis's lurid version of them, would be common knowledge on the racing gossip circuit.

4.  Cottee was not transfer-listed yesterday, but it is common knowledge that Everton are open to offers and Kendall revealed there has been some interest already this season from other clubs.

5.  Denials of CIA involvement rang hollow in Washington, where the extent of the President's obsession with ousting General Noriega is common knowledge.

6.  If the information is commonplace or is common knowledge to a group of persons (for example, it is well known to computer programmers) or to the public at large, it cannot be confidential; instead, it will be considered to be in the public domain.

7.  Junius ended this particular outburst with a threat, which drew its force from the common knowledge that the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.

8.  It's common knowledge that Ingard - in company with other speculators - is having difficulties, and his shares have been severely written down.

9.  I kept myself to myself, which was a way to get yourself talked about in such an open community where everybody's business was regarded as common knowledge.

10.  Others would if they could, because it's common knowledge that the work won't get done otherwise.