The phrase "a practical decision to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a choice or action that is sensible and based on practical considerations.
Example: "After weighing the options, we came to a practical decision to invest in renewable energy sources."
Alternatives: "a sensible choice to" or "a pragmatic step to".
He wouldn't get one in a million years.Michael Bogner Dear Diary: Having lived in New York for many years, my husband and I made a practical decision to move to Easton, Conn., when my son was born.
Diplomats said Mr. Blix, a seasoned diplomat and veteran arms inspector, had made a practical decision to hold off his trip as he saw how intense the negotiations over the inspections have become.
What matters for our purposes is not Carnap's sense of a commensurability between a metaphysical thesis about reality and a practical decision to speak only about observable things, but rather that he thinks he can explain how the illusion of meaningfulness arises for the metaphysical theses he declares "devoid of cognitive content".
"It was a very practical decision to support the existing leader.
Thus, while Bloomfield understood it to be a sensible practical decision to assign semantics to some field other than linguistics because of the underdeveloped state of semantic research, Chomsky appears to think that semantics as standardly understood is not part of the essence of the language faculty at all.
We made what was thought to be a practical decision at the time, given the circumstances we were confronted with".
Rajan added that the decision to put a cartoon on the front page was in part a practical decision not "to be overtaken by events".
But the Mets' decision to assemble the auxiliary seating boxes beside each dugout before they have clinched a playoff berth was nothing more than a practical decision, according to Dave Howard, the Mets' executive vice president for business operations.
Then Robertson (South), not knowing how to describe her hand, made the practical decision to jump straight to six diamonds.
But the sting in the tail is that, however deep the moral dilemma, a practical decision needs to be made.
