The phrase "a practical turn of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a shift or change in approach that is grounded in practicality or real-world application.
Example: "The project took a practical turn of focus, emphasizing hands-on solutions rather than theoretical discussions."
Alternatives: "a pragmatic shift in" or "a realistic change in".
Being of a practical turn of mind, she soon made her fantasy come true.
Then one of the Jesuits who had a practical turn of mind remembered that they had been notified some time before that if they suffered property damage at the hands of the enemy, they could enter a claim for compensation with the prefectural police.
The symbolism of these two pieces escapes me, but being of a practical turn of mind, the monolith reminds me of a stake driven into the heart of an open space.
The cardinal was rather a man of action with an intensely practical turn of mind.
This is another dimension of his call for a practical turn in philosophy.
Interest in virtue and character was also indirectly the result of a more practical turn in political philosophy, inspired by the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in 1971.
Perhaps, the increased focus on experimentation was more due to the influence of historians of biology and their practical turn than due to the "New Experimentalists" in general philosophy of science such as Hacking (1983), Franklin (1986) or Mayo (1996).
Whether the system can then be turned into a practical method of drug delivery is more questionable.
Dr Jacobs took the spread-spectrum concept a technique for sending signals using a pseudo-random sequence that was developed during the second world war and turned it into a practical means of digital communication.
Before turning to such a practical interpretation of critical social inquiry, it is first necessary to consider why the theoretical approach was favored for so long and by so many Critical Theorists.
