Example sentences of "in practical [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In practical applications it has been found advantageous to alloy base metals one with another .
2 In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May .
3 They do not have the ego-satisfaction of having thought up a brand new idea but in practical terms they do well ; The pioneer has developed the field and born the development costs .
4 In practical terms it is distinguished by its location — in the seven northern counties of Scotland , on the periphery of an industrial society ; often on the poorest land in the vicinity ; and generally , but not necessarily , combining an element of communal with individual occupation and use of land .
5 In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’
6 Traditionalist to the core , the Legion fully encouraged the romanticism of escape from ‘ real life ’ and forgetting , because in practical terms it gave them that much more control over their members .
7 In practical terms it was impossible to provide a remedy for the detained Madzimbamuto .
8 In practical terms it means taking that course of action which most reliably will avoid the possibility of criticism by their superiors .
9 The Dispersionists talked of it being an answer — ‘ the only guarantee of a future for our children ’ — but in practical terms it did nothing to solve the problem of over-population that was supposedly its raison d'etre .
10 Well we we had our own local manifesto before and the idea , well in in practical terms it was extremely detailed and erm each rewrite was was a very big exercise and just photocopying er it was an extremely large booklet .
11 I have a feeling an attempt was being made to convey a sort of message — this in practical terms I duly received .
12 Although his orders placed him in theoretical command of the Simonova 's mission , in practical terms he was a guest of the civil servants who operated the vessel .
13 I think it is fair to say that in practical terms you are likely to get substantial life out of the tool before the original battery is spent , perhaps several years .
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