| It is unsettling to discover a layer of fragile, unsound rock concealed between deep strata of solid granite, but not uncommon. |
| Ivy will not harm fired clay bricks, nor will it cause mortar to crumble unless the mortar is already unsound. |
| It had walls, but the beams within were mostly rotten, the roof had gone, it was structurally unsound and the site was entirely overgrown. |
| Brooke would not press him like this, especially when he was so unsound and strange at the moment. |
| Most of the unsound lending that characterized the boom was done directly in the market rather than by banks. |
| The figure does not include local credit cooperatives, which are notorious for unsound lending practices. |
