Sentence examples for essentially practical from inspiring English sources

The debate about Europe is conducted on different levels, and mine is essentially practical.

The treatment is essentially practical and designed to provide a working basis for the scientific student.

As the years passed, my instinct for equality was reinforced by the knowledge that Tawney had defined the great ideal in essentially practical – and therefore achievable – terms.

Though his reasons for picking the tie were essentially practical, he has come to ascribe to it a bit of magical thinking.

Pressed by politics and financing, Mr. Sarkozy has concluded that he will reach for reduced goals that are grittier and essentially practical.

Even though the program cannot find the global optimal thruster configuration, its high efficiency makes it essentially practical in an engineering point.

Henry was essentially a practical man.

But the urge has always been the same, essentially a practical one.

Although containing some mystical topics and theological reflections, Eternal Wisdom is essentially a practical work written in simple language.

Because Philip is essentially a practical person of the theater, every note is not sacred to him and he is open to changes and cuts.

At least anyone with the desire to revive it can claim it's essentially a practical item, the original idea being that the thick material would absorb the smoke.