Example sentences of "although in practice [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1958 Act could be interpreted simply in terms of the needs of departments themselves for information , although in practice we do attempt to apply historical selection criteria . |
| 2 | Each sect accused the other of wishing to observe the prescribed religious festivals at the wrong times , although in practice they had to keep to the same dates . |
| 3 | The well-known American research by Hill ( 1970 ) has demonstrated the interlocking nature of support structures across the three generations , and has shown that grandchildren do feel responsibility to give assistance to their grandparents in this context , although in practice they actually do less than the intervening generation . |
| 4 | In 1977 , however , it was decided that inter-city ( as well as freight ) rail services should not in principle be subsidized ( Department of Transport 1977 : chs. 6 , 7 ) , although in practice they continued to be . |
| 5 | The view of senior management is that policemen need to combine the qualities of compassion and toughness and know when each is appropri — ate ( FN 11/11/87 , pp. 7–8 ) , although in practice it is difficult to strike this fine balance . |
| 6 | Others were treated as aliens , although in practice it was easier for CUKCs to emigrate to Britain than other foreigners for purposes of family reunion . |
| 7 | Economic theory tells us that there are three types of merger , although in practice it is sometimes hard to categorize a merger as a particular type . |
| 8 | It is essential , in carrying out the test , to use sentential frames which ideally do not share any elements ( although in practice it is usually sufficient if the immediate pre- and post-environments of the substituted items are distinct ) . |
| 9 | In the Community context it is often referred to as ‘ codification ’ , although in practice it most often corresponds to what is called ‘ consolidation ’ in the British context . |
| 10 | Unlike the previous deals involving the Scottish life industry , this one will not involve a straightforward demutualisation and takeover — although in practice it may well amount to a ‘ creeping takeover ’ . |
| 11 | If the house was formerly in the sole name of the husband it would be quite appropriate for the wife 's solicitors to insist on a full abstract of title commencing with a good root of title ( although in practice it seems to be accepted that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase ) ; but in the case of a house already in joint names it is thought that this could be dispensed with , the wife 's solicitor assuming that a proper investigation of title to the property was made at the time when the house was purchased by the husband and the wife . |