Sentence examples for before practicality from inspiring English sources

Beauty, invariably, came before practicality.

Don't think this means it's one of those estates that puts style before practicality, though.

In spite of her dedication to the Underground Railroad and undoubted bravery in placing her principles before practicality, Honor is priggish and mean-spirited.

It wasn't because I obviously lack fashion-sense (In my defence -- it was a Canadian January day, but I guess beauty must come before practicality).

Detailed field measurements at the sites of past combat, as well as of background levels in battle-free and mine-free areas, must be conducted before the practicality of this potential mine detector can be fully determined.

For the men: The wide use of the so-called "miracle fabrics" in men's clothes has provided a practicality never before experienced in this field.

We would need to be very confident in the security, convenience, practicality and transparency before expanding this trial to a significant part of the Australian electorate.

The papers with all multiantenna nodes (e.g., [14] and other IA schemes) run into the four practicality issues discussed before.

But, while researchers have explored muscle-computer interaction for nondisabled users before, the approach has had limited practicality.

But manufacturers still need to prove both the viability and practicality of their products before they can expect the big government contracts.

"There's a lot of bad stuff going on with this case, and because Mac has placed practicalities before principles, we're not asking for a lot.