Example sentences of "[prep] practice [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To convert the principle into practice he needed detailed instructions from the centre . |
| 2 | We British do indeed believe we should all be equal under the law , but in practice we reject social engineering which tries to make us equal in other respects . |
| 3 | ESSAY 7 — ; ‘ Their motives for social reform were far from benevolent , but in practice they created embryonic welfare states . ’ |
| 4 | He also involved a religious foundation — the Charterhouse — in his scheme ( although it appears that in practice it played little part ) and wanted his Master to be a Scholar of Eton or of Winchester ( if such could be found ) and to be appointed on the recommendation of the Provosts of Eton College and of King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 5 | In a very real sense , therefore , the employers , whether farmers or landlords — in practice it made little difference — were not part of the rural village community as far as the agricultural worker was concerned . |
| 6 | To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies . |
| 7 | Mill 's ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle seems simple , but in practice it has many problems . |
| 8 | In practice it overlooks two things . |
| 9 | Despite its apparent relativism , in practice it defined alternative centres of cultural authority primarily in terms of their difference from the norm of English culture , not in their uniqueness and their discontinuities . |