21.  His thinking was so eccentric that he was often regarded as something of a crackpot until his ideas started to prove themselves and found their way into common use.

22.  However, the most common use for the technology so far has been the smaller flat-panel displays used in lap-top computers.

23.  In businesses, the most common uses are desktop and Web publishing, and converting paper documents into computer text files by using optical character recognition.

24.  It attempts to settle arcane disputes over certain terms that are in common use.

25.  Instead, the most common use for sport-utility wagons is dropping the kids off at school.

26.  It is not well suited to data such as videos, nor to the one-off pages generated by database searches, another common use.

27.  Its more common use is when teen-agers have received a personal injury settlement and need the ability to enter contracts.

28.  Its most common legal use is by veterinarians as an animal tranquilizer.

29.  Most common uses for the tricycle included visiting the doctor, shopping or just going out for a leisurely ride.

30.  Samuels said the older front-loading machines developed a reputation for maintenance problems and faded from common use in the United States.