Example sentences of "in practice [ex0] " in BNC.

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1 In practice there is a continuum ranging from pure value-free perceptions at one end to pure choice at the other .
2 The principles of radiocarbon dating are fairly straightforward , but in practice there are many problems .
3 However , in practice there was enough choice of speeds and the steps in between each were fine .
4 In practice there is much overlap and all of the above must be taken only as a very approximate guide .
5 For in practice there was little validity in the distinction : the nationalist pursued not culture but power , and above all the power of the State , which , once won , it was thought , would then protect a national culture .
6 Dividing the X -axis into three is in principle straightforward , but in practice there are snags , especially where there are not many data points .
7 The indiction was a cycle of fifteen years computed always from AD312 , and in practice there were three ways to calculate the opening date .
8 They point out that in practice there is great variety in corporate activities , even within one sector .
9 This was ostensibly to hide ‘ trade secrets ’ , although in practice there was little new development taking place .
10 This is a possibility , but in practice there is no evidence for it .
11 The suppression and control of internal and external enemies became a useful safety valve for German society , but in practice there was little in the way of a genuine Polish threat for the Prussians to fear .
12 In practice there were innovations , partially because of the perceived need to reduce the influence of headmen , and partially because British officials naturally governed on the basis of their own training and inclinations .
13 Neither are totally assimilated ; in practice there is a process of constant negotiation .
14 But in practice there are three difficulties .
15 We noted that in practice there was a connection between two triads — the Marxist commitment to abolish the family , private property and religion and the seeming inevitability of economic inefficiency , religious persecution and political terror .
16 This contributed to a formal union neutrality and ‘ depoliticisation ’ , although in practice there are strong links with the Social Democrats ( Günter and Leminsky , 1978 ) .
17 Despite the fact that these relationships are characterized by stronger obligations than any others , we find that in practice there is a wide range of experience of what parents and children actually do for each other .
18 In practice there is increasing evidence that the rights of parents under the Act are not always given prominence .
19 In practice there were two types of member : the fifty or so of middle-class or petit bourgeois origin who formed the backbone of the appreciative audience at Leese 's regular Wednesday night diatribes against the Jews at his London headquarters represented the core of the IFL ; there were also working-class members who engaged in street meetings at intermittent intervals and who were involved in direct conflict and physical violence with members of the Jewish community .
20 In practice there are strong grounds for believing that the money stock is not entirely exogenous .
21 However , in practice there are likely to be great problems in bringing a successful action .
22 However , in practice there is always some degree of error , which increases if the text is printed at an angle , or characters overlap , or an unknown font is used , and so on .
23 In practice there was resistance to the levying of the first instalment and collection proved increasingly difficult .
24 While dependence on the King 's pleasure may have been nominally less secure than the other forms of tenure , in practice there was probably not much difference between them .
25 Multinationals are not obliged to provide detailed information about products and in practice there are no restrictions on buying any product over the chemist counter without prescription .
26 Alston ( 1982 ) has suggested that in practice there are two guidelines or rules at work relating rewards and performance in Japan .
27 Because in practice there are alternative ways of proving purchase are n't there ?
28 Not only is the borderline between ministers ' policy and oversight responsibilities , and those of boards for efficiency and day-to-day administration , often blurred , but in practice there is considerable variation in relationships between ministers and boards .
29 Hence in practice there will be no problems arising from restrictions on transferability or from a company 's lien ; debentures will invariably provide that the money expressed to be secured will be paid , and that the debentures are transferable , free from any equities or claims between the company and the original or any intermediate holder .
30 In practice there will not be complete freedom of choice for the individual .
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