Sentence examples for far in practice from inspiring English sources

Attempts have been made to derive the grammatical rules of languages from the statistical structure of texts written in those languages, but such attempts are generally thought to have been not only unsuccessful so far in practice but also, in principle, doomed to failure.

Mr Scholes thinks much of the blame for the recent woe should be pinned not on economists' theories and models but on those on Wall Street and in the City who pushed them too far in practice.Financial firms plugged in data that reflected a "view of the world that was far more benign than it was reasonable to take, emphasising recent inputs over more historic numbers," says Mr Scholes.

The implication of the judgment is to curb dramatically the way in which the ministerial veto can be exercised, compared to how it has functioned so far in practice.

So far in practice in France, dialogue within teams seems poorly organised and reported, and often limited to discussions among physicians, as in oncology.

UNICEF will need to accompany programmes closely so as to monitor how far, in practice, they help to develop relations of mutual respect, rights and responsibilities between communities and the various institutions working with them.

But regrettably little linkage of the various "silos" of central government has so far occurred in practice.

In one type of unitary system, decentralization of power among subnational governments goes so far that in practice, although not in constitutional principle, they resemble federal arrangements.

However, all crosstalk cancellation systems implemented so far have in practice produced virtual sources for only a single listener at a time.

The 10 hours of battery life that Jobs touted may be impressive, but like most Apple devices, it will likely be far shorter in practice, particularly when a user is tempted to alternate between reading Dostoevsky, surfing the Web, listening to music and watching YouTube videos.

Racism in the literary culture has been a rank obscenity; far worse in practice, needless to say.

This had been officially redesignated the 11th Infantry Battalion of the new National Army, but few reforms had taken place so far and in practice the regiment remained almost entirely as before, right down to the old Rhodesian uniforms and insignia.