Sentence examples for be practical rather than from inspiring English sources

But now a TV series has generated products that are meant to be practical rather than trinkets and knickknacks.

On December 7th Tony Blair a man hugely respected on both sides of the aisle added support to the Baker-Hamilton formula.The biggest obstacles to any grand bargain on Iraq may well be practical rather than ideological.

But her approach is practical rather than emotional.

Lester's approach is practical rather than medical; he doesn't claim to be able to cure colic.

A senior administration official said the discussion among the foreign ministers had been "practical rather than theoretical".

Steidl's respect for the elders of the field is immense, but his approach is practical rather than reverential: he is seeking their authorization while they still can give it.

But the thought that consumed my 6-year-old daughter, Alice, and me as we prepared to spend the night in the futuristic bubble of a house that loomed in front of us was practical rather than aesthetic.

Matters of comfort, however that term might be defined, will be applied to only as many members of the audience as is practical rather than to all of the members equally.

It is worth noting that the conflict here is practical rather than conceptual.

It's practical rather than theoretical and better models the work a developer is likely to do on the job.

His motives appear to have been practical rather than humanitarian or otherwise.