But it used to be said that the hooliganism that once dogged football in England itself was ineradicable.
It used to be said of certain actors that they could read the phone book and make it exciting.
"It used to be said in World War II that there were no atheists in foxholes, " he wrote in 1973.
It used to be said as a joke that most people just wanted councils to get on with emptying the bins.
Oil is one business where -- as it used to be said about marriage -- two can live as cheaply as one.
"Over the years, not to say it has died out, but it's just not as big as it used to be, " said Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells.
"A lot of people who don't like this trend have in their minds the way it used to be, " said Snyder.
Richie Havens said to me once recently, he said, you know, it used to be that everybody was our age, and now they're every age.
"People aren't afraid to come out and celebrate it, the way they used to be, " said 52-year-old Charles Bade of Denver.
"He is a brave man who is not afraid to stand behind the truth even in an environment where it is dangerous, more dangerous than it used to be here, " Havel said.
However, if the new Oracle 8i database would run on a non-NT machine that allowed users to connect to the database using the proprietary interface they are used to, it would be very interesting to MDS, he said.
Police would have to get a warrant from the Home Office before they could ask for surveillance to start, he said, and it would only be used to gather evidence about serious crimes.
Enough addresses to last two years used to be given out, he said, but now it only supplied sufficient to last six months.
The institute said the money raised should not be used to cut fuel duty, which it said would lead to a 5% increase in road traffic as well as an increase in carbon emissions.
"The real question is whether the cease-fire will hold, how long it will hold, and whether it can be used to build upon and improve the situation and crisis, " said Haim Malka of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Deputy police director Gen Khamis Matter al-Muzaina said it would be used to show tourists "how classy Dubai is".
"You really have to sell them on the importance of pre-K and kindergarten: It's not what is used to be, " said John Crabbe, the Buffalo school district's attendance services supervisor.
It said the findings should be used to address a postcode lottery in alcohol counselling and treatment services across England.
Mr MacAskill, who himself used to be a solicitor, said it was only right that some people who are accused in criminal cases contributed financially when some victims also have to pay for things like protective orders.
Problem is that every brand of garbage bag I could find said it was not to be used for food.
It said the road would first be used to divert construction traffic away from the village during the regeneration of the hospital.
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It was turned in to law enforcement to be used as evidence, Kramer said.
It said the eight other stadiums to be used in this summer's tournament had lesser - but nonetheless significant - shortcomings.
"I used to be offended when people said 'Oh, it looks like a war zone, '" Mr. Kelley said.
That said, I worry that it will be used to stir up the long-running witch-hunt against free-roaming cats.
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With further modifications to the system's image-processing software, the team said it believed the same technology could be used to measure an object's speed and direction.
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"It used to be people wanted to separate spam from not-spam, " he said.
It said the comments received during the consultation would be used to develop a draft Ripon City Plan to shape planning policies.
"The speed at which information spreads is so much quicker than it used to be, and Twitter is such a big part of that, " said Neher.
The Halliburton information also disclosed an additional test in early April, prior to the explosion, that involved the same mix that was used on the Macondo well and also found it to be unstable, the letter said.
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