been the practice

Such a stringent standard is now routinely met.

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The great majority of routinely detected events can be classified as earthquakes.

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That is how the logarithms are conventionally tabulated.

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Engineering practice is to express quantities in lb/h.

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It is usual to check the... level whenever there is any doubt.

In this application it is common (or usual) to employ...

It is common for metabolic pathways to exhibit some form of cyclic pattern.

The atomic weight is commonly called the mass number.

The commonly used gases are seldom pure enough for use with these sensitive detectors.

The head gain is customarily measured in inches of water.

It is customary to install a pump having two or three stages.

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Floating roof tanks are normally employed for prevention of loss through evaporation.

The temperature at this point is ordinarily the same as that of the forward cylinder section.

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In large marine installations it is standard (or usual) practice to use...

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In designing such packed columns, it is common (or general) practice to assume "piston", or "plug" flow.

The regions of strongest divergence tend to be found over the subtropical regions.

Many plant breeders make a practice of having different batches of seed treated with gamma rays, neutrons and one chemical mutagen.

For a long time questions related to insulation were apt to be ignored.

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он за́нят де́лом — he is busy

у него́ мно́го дел — he has many things to do

сиде́ть без де́ла — have nothing to do; be idle

вы сюда́ прие́хали по де́лу или на о́тдых? — are you here on business or for pleasure?

де́лать де́ло, занима́ться де́лом — do real work; keep oneself busy

ли́чное / ча́стное де́ло — private affair

дела́ семе́йные — family matters

э́то моё [его́] де́ло — that is my [his] business / affair

э́то не моё [его́] де́ло — that is no business / concern of mine [his]; that is none of my [his] business

э́то на́ше вну́треннее де́ло — it's our own domestic concern

вме́шиваться не в своё де́ло — interfere in other people's affairs

не вме́шивайтесь не в своё де́ло — mind your own business

приводи́ть свои́ дела́ в поря́док — put one's affairs in order

без де́ла не входи́ть — no admission except on business

приходи́ть по де́лу — come on business

у меня́ к нему́ де́ло, я хочу́ говори́ть с ним по де́лу — I have some business (to discuss) with him

говори́ть де́ло — talk sense, talk sensibly

вот э́то де́ло!, вот тепе́рь вы де́ло говори́те! — now you're talking (sense)!

перейдём к де́лу — let us get down to business

идти́ / пойти́ в де́ло — be put to use; be brought into play

о́бщее де́ло — common cause

пра́вое де́ло — just cause

благоро́дное де́ло — good / noble cause

де́ло ми́ра — the cause of peace

де́лать до́брые дела́ — do good deeds

вы сде́лали большо́е де́ло — you have accomplished a great feat

э́то де́ло его́ жи́зни — it is his life's / life work

суди́ть о ком-л по его́ дела́м — judge smb by smb's deeds

там произошли́ стра́нные дела́ — there have been some strange happenings there

де́ло бы́ло в 1990 г. — it happened in 1990

расскажи́те, как бы́ло де́ло — tell me how it happened

дела́ поправля́ются — things are improving, things are on the mend

попра́вить свои́ дела́ — improve the state of one's affairs

как (иду́т) дела́? — how are things going?

как у вас [тебя́] дела́? — how are you doing?

как его́ дела́? — how is he getting on?; how are things going with him?

де́ло поверну́лось таки́м о́бразом — matters took such a turn

положе́ние дел — state of affairs

как обстои́т де́ло с э́тим? — what about this business?

де́ло обстои́т так — the situation is this

е́сли бы де́ло обстоя́ло ина́че — if things were different

де́ло идёт (к) — things are heading (towards / to)

де́ло ниско́лько не меня́ется от того́, что — the situation is no way altered by the fact that

э́то де́ло привы́чки [вку́са, при́нципа] — it is a matter of habit [taste, principle]

ва́м(-то) что за де́ло (до э́того)?, а вам како́е де́ло? — what do you have to do with it?, what does it matter to you?

кому́ како́е де́ло до э́того? — what business is that of anybody's?; who cares?

како́е ему́ де́ло до нас с ва́ми! — what does he care about us!

ей нет де́ла до меня́ — she doesn't care about me

в чём де́ло? — what is the matter?

бли́же к де́лу! — come / get to the point!

де́ло в том, что — the fact / point is that

в то́м-то и де́ло, что — the whole point is that

де́ло вот в чём — the point is this

де́ло не в э́том — that's not the point

э́то к де́лу не отно́сится — that has nothing to do with the matter, that is beside the point

э́то дохо́дное де́ло — it is a profitable business

откры́ть своё де́ло — start one's own business

взять кого́-л в де́ло — accept smb as a partner (in the business)

возбуди́ть де́ло (про́тив) — bring an action (against), take / institute proceedings (against)

изложи́ть своё де́ло — state one's case

сове́т по дела́м рели́гий — council for religious affairs

коми́ссия по иностра́нным дела́м — foreign relations / affairs commission

де́ло ва́ше / твоё — it's up to you; it is for you to decide

де́ло тепе́рь то́лько за тобо́й — now this matter depends only on you

де́ло за ма́лым (ста́ло) — there's only one little thing left

де́ло пло́хо / дрянь, дела́ пло́хи — things are in a bad way

де́ло про́шлое — that's a thing of the past

чьих рук э́то де́ло? — whose work / doing is this?

бра́ться / взя́ться не за своё де́ло — be the wrong man / person for the job

да прекрати́шь ты, в са́мом де́ле! — stop that, will you?

на са́мом же де́ле — but the fact is

в са́мом де́ле? — is it / that true?, really?

знать своё де́ло — know one's job / stuff / onions ['ʌ-]

когда́ де́ло дойдёт (до) — when it comes (to)

когда́ де́ло дойдёт до меня́ [тебя́] — when it is my [your] turn

мину́тное / секу́ндное де́ло — it can be done in a minute / second / flash

моё [на́ше] де́ло ма́ленькое / сторона́ — it is none of my [our] business

на слова́х и на де́ле — in word and deed

пе́рвым де́лом — first of all; the first thing

показа́ть себя́ в де́ле — show what one is worth

то и де́ло раздаю́тся звонки́ — the phone keeps on ringing

э́то (совсе́м) друго́е де́ло — that's (quite) another story

э́то не де́ло — it's no good; such things aren't done