Sentence examples for and not a practical from inspiring English sources

This means that results-based management is simply a nice idea, and not a practical possibility.

As a result, harnessing plasmons has remained largely a laboratory curiosity and not a practical technology.

Why, she wonders, is this juxtaposition of wealth and poverty considered a moral problem and not a practical one?

While column leaching tests are favored for prediction of mine spoil discharge quality, they are expensive, time-consuming and not a practical alternative for routine mine planning and permitting.

After introducing himself as the speaker of "the whole House," Boehner spoke as a political partisan and not a practical problem solver.

The chi-square (X) statistic is an extremely sensitive statistical test, not interpretable in a standardized way and not a practical test of model fit [ 26, 27].

"Even if we accept that those evidences were true," the rebuttal said, "they are all based on some computerized simulations and not a 'practical activity.' That is why the Agency has called the whole project 'studies.' There is no evidence in those documents to prove that the studies have been changed into practical projects or activities".

Although laboratory tests may be undertaken to determine the deformation properties of materials, these are time consuming, often expensive, and generally not a practical option.

Let's not mince words, not only is it rare, it's downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself.

Of course, relocating can be costly and is not a practical solution for the majority of people.

The 'exploratory function' of empirical research is also dependent on normative-ethical presuppositions which decide if and in what sense the empirically identified issue can be seen as an ethical problem and not as a practical problem of another origin.