Sentence examples for grounds of practicality from inspiring English sources

"We want them to be part of that and I don't think anyone is disagreeing with that," he said – ruling out any move to convert registered supporters automatically on grounds of practicality and cost.

Crick also revealed in 2006 that he resisted pressure from the then home secretary, David Blunkett, to include history questions in the test: "I refused, both in principle and on grounds of practicality: could any test for immigrants be devised that 80% of our fellow citizens would not fail?" he said.

Masseurs might be nice too, although I can see why my request for hammocks was turned down on the grounds of practicality and Health & Safety.

The liberal Greens Party commended the decision but said Mr. Howard should have rejected the proposal on the ground of cultural and religious freedom, and not on the ground of practicality.

However, Gove has decided not to proceed with the project on grounds of cost and practicality.

The Bank's internal bank concluded that it could not compete with the range of services, including online banking, offered by high street institutions, and said all staff accounts would be closed by next year on grounds of costs and practicality.

But General Bates said the view of some civilian policy makers at the Pentagon was, "Why in the world would we pay an army we just spent blood and treasure to defeat?" Walter B. Slocombe, the civilian in charge of rebuilding Iraqi security institutions, defended Mr. Bremer's decision on grounds of principle and practicality.

The implication of these findings is that the use of the multiple choice format in language tests, often justified on the grounds of its reliability and practicality, may not actually represent a valid measurement of language ability at all, and that measurement accuracy is being sacrificed in the cause of economy and efficiency.

This salad also smacks of practicality.

It smacked of practicality, of the outdoors.

He was a man of practicality.