11.   Common wisdom held that large-scale urban development could not proceed without financial concessions from the public sector.

12.   Common hunting wisdom tells you that God has smiled on you if you get just one truly great dog in your lifetime.

13.   Common wisdom holds that people are born with a fixed allotment of these cells, which then die off one by one.

14.   Common wisdom was that nothing would be found there.

15.   Corel defied common wisdom by leaving older, cheaper versions on the shelves as new versions were introduced, on average once a year.

16.   Common wisdom has it that ordinary computer users are unlikely to be attacked by hackers, when there are so many high-profile targets on the Internet.

17.   Common wisdom holds that flat leaf has a more intense flavor than curly leaf.

18.   Common wisdom holds that players run the NBA.

19.   Consider the common wisdom that the Jets should bring back Ron Wolf, who was assistant general manager on the club for one season some years ago.

20.   Contrary to common wisdom, rural telephones can make money if the goal is one phone in every village, not one in each hut.