"expand the practice" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to encourage someone to increase or add to the scope of a particular activity or process. For example, "Let's expand the practice of using renewable energy sources in our home."
And legislation pending in Congress as part of President Bush's education package could expand the practice by giving teachers and principals broad protection from liability for disciplinary actions.
Despite the poor press around the cull, the Government has announced that it plans to continue with and expand the practice.
Another possibility would be to expand the practice squad size, McCown said, allowing in veterans "who want to be around" (current rules for practice squad eligibility are extremely restrictive in terms of N.F.L. experience).
This promises to expand the practice of mass incarceration, with people cycling in and out of prison without receiving treatment, and further generations of children being exposed to disruption, broken families, and, potentially, their own susceptibility to what painkillers seem to offer.
Once the I.S.P.s were granted the right to impose different prices on different content providers, even under some restrictions, they would inevitably find a way to expand the practice — just as the railroads did in the late nineteenth century, when, according to many accounts, they discriminated against famers and other small businesses.
Tools that expand Instant Articles or help paid news outlets offer free trials through Facebook only expand the practice of Instant Articles and grow the media's dependency on Facebook for views.
We can expand the practices of the past or we can correct past mistakes and look for new approaches and better results.
The 15M movement, which motivated the emergence of this grassroots party, is characterized by its willingness to expand the practices of deliberative democracy beyond institutions [54].
The tremendous increase in scientific knowledge during the 19th century radically altered and expanded the practice of medicine.
"Unlike Bill Bratton," the site continues, "Ray Kelly has used stop-and-frisk unconstitutionally and has expanded the practice".
It expands the practice of making a single payment for treating a specific condition rather than paying for each treatment.
