Sentence examples for in principle and in practice from inspiring English sources

It is wrong both in principle and in practice.

In principle and in practice, the court's ruling is a good one.

But there are problems with term limits, both in principle and in practice.

Natalia Argiropoulou, 22, Patras I voted no because no appears to be the most rational choice, both in principle and in practice.

So a vote to remain will be an acceptance – however reluctant – that staying entails a commitment to free movement of workers in the EU, in principle and in practice, and the resulting migration flows.

"The president is committed to making sure preexisting conditions are covered, both in principle and in practice, which means funding has to be there to make it work," he said.

While a good idea in principle and in vitro, in practice, the ability to reach their engineered target in vivo is questionable, and may rely more on the enhanced permeability and retention effect than surface chemistry (see below).

Both measures are dubious in principle and unworkable in practice.

It is implausible in principle and corrupt in practice.

In principle and possibly in practice, this is a good change.

The result, writes Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree in his book All Deliberate Speed, was progress in principle and stasis in practice.