"developed a practice of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
This phrase conveys the sense of a habit or routine, which someone has put into place as a result of a set of decisions. For example: "As a result of trying to save money, the family developed a practice of eating out only once a week."
Although this is indeed a determination for the executive branch to make, we are concerned that the executive branch has developed a practice of bypassing traditional checks and balances and treating these determinations as dispositive in all cases.
Some board members have developed a practice of holding informal one-on-one chats with candidates to get a deeper sense of their understanding of the business.
The site production staff developed a practice of interviewing performers both before and after the film sessions.
After re-establishing his herd, Ruby developed a practice of leasing groups of his Rangerbred horses to other ranchers throughout the western United States for use as breeding stock.
Grazer carried that curiosity with him throughout his life and developed a practice of meeting with interesting, knowledgeable people to broaden his horizons and grow as a person, which he describes in his latest book, "A Curious Mind".
She developed a practice, to which she still adheres, of developing a music-theater piece or opera every few years while regularly presenting solo and group vocal concerts.
When we develop a practice of observing our reactions and in what areas we are triggered, we can regain our pattern of flow and stop being comfortable with the blockages of the energy of soul.
And so I developed a practice in the morning of becoming quiet and very centered at the beginning of the morning".
Now I think about it every day, and as a result have developed a practice that is part of my daily routine.
We developed a practice framework for different levels of newborn care based on essential tools and skills considered appropriate for each level of care.
In Zen we find the Mahāyāna Buddhist notion of emptiness and the Daoist notion of nothingness fully intertwined and developed into a practice of living both completely unattached and completely engaged in the world of "true emptiness, marvelous being".
