Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] practice it is " in BNC.

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1 It takes some nerve , and it seems as though I am eradicating what I have , but the white ‘ sinks ’ and through practice it is possible to judge the correct strength .
2 But at least it pays no rent and in practice it is secure so long as it farms the land and avoids bankruptcy .
3 This sounds very bland but in practice it is complicated by the fact that what is nice for one person is nasty for another and vice versa .
4 On paper this may sound like splitting hairs , but in practice it is perfectly possible to make the difference clear .
5 In theory the gutters will drain if fixed dead level , but in practice it is better to fit them with a slight fall of about 1in in 50ft .
6 The analysis of required skills ought in principle to have an ergonomics input but in practice it is usually done on the basis of experience of similar system designs in the past .
7 But in practice it is the divergence indicator which often triggers intervention because it is designed to serve as an early warning device for when strong or weak currencies look likely to test their parity limits .
8 Each circuit can feed up to 12 lighting points , but in practice it is wise to restrict this to a maximum of eight , to allow for some to contain more than one bulb .
9 In reality , the term should only be applied to items made under royal commission , but in practice it is used for any rug from these weaving centres produced in the Pahlavi style ( pls 36 , 37 ) .
10 In theory , this sounds quite simple , but in practice it is not so .
11 Once a field reaches STOP all further proposed offers must be referred to the Co-ordinator but in practice it is difficult to avoid overshoots in the more popular fields in the spring .
12 Attempts are made to teach them German but in practice it is easier to teach the factory foreman enough Turkish to communicate with them .
13 Ideally the switching angle should vary continuously with speed , but in practice it is sufficient to operate with several discrete values .
14 The term ‘ further education ’ ( FE ) is used sometimes in a general sense to cover all post-school education , but in practice it is usually differentiated from higher education ( study at universities , polytechnics and colleges of higher education ) , and divided into the categories of non-advanced further education ( NAFE ) , which means A-level standard or below , and advanced further education ( AFE ) which is above A level or its equivalent .
15 This may leave open the possibility of conflicting ‘ final ’ with ‘ best ’ intentions , but in practice it is unlikely to .
16 The theory is that the seller will be able to evaluate the prices offered in the light of the different contractual terms required , but in practice it is rarely the case that there is no further negotiation .
17 Your comment that there should be ‘ a clear distinction between medicolegal intervention requested by the police and health care ’ may be an ideal but in practice it is often difficult if not impossible to distinguish clearly between the two .
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