Example sentences of "[adv] in practice [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So in practice it 's easier to measure the alkalinity and then back-calculate to get that and hence the P H than to actually try and measure the P H directly from sea water .
2 Thus very often in practice we determine unc first and E afterwards , 2 .
3 If the team becomes too large then in practice it could well break down into sub-teams and not be as effective as intended .
4 Many changes are not viewed as fundamental in today 's economic climate , so in theory we may seem to have the backing of the legal scheme , where in practice we have to cope with the interpretation which is weighed towards the employers and their economic arguments .
5 Yet in practice we now have a constitutional monarchy where the Queen acts on the advice of her Prime Minister .
6 This leads us to the disturbing conclusion that there is a degree of subjectivity in identifying a stretch of language as discourse — it may be meaningful and thus communicate to one person in a way which another person does not have the necessary knowledge to make sense of — yet in practice we find that discourse is usually perceived as such by groups , rather than individuals .
7 under him , yet in practice he appointed an excessive number of them ; he compelled them to pay for their appointments , and in some cases to make annual payments to him afterwards .
8 Yet in practice it has strengthened some countries ' public sectors at the expense of their private ones .
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