'it was practised' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you are talking about something that was done regularly or habitually in the past. For example: "In the 1950s, it was practised for women to stay at home and raise children while their husbands went out and earned money."
Enraged, the Progressive movement grew and took a new look at direct democracy as it was practised in Switzerland, where its use was—and is sparing and effective (even if occasionally controversial, like last month's vote to ban minarets).In 1898 South Dakota became the first state to allow voter initiatives, and others followed, including California in 1911.
It was practised on every continent and archipelago, from the agrarian revolution onwards.
It was practised by the Germans and repeated by the victors".
It was practised out of doors rather than in a laboratory, and aside from the classification madness of Linnaeus, it was light on systems and formality.
A process of consciously engaging with the past – as it was practised in Germany (at least on the surface) – never really happened in Austria.
The defence of politics as it was practised by Mr Rahman is that it is an effective and probably inevitable response to discrimination and stereotyping from the outside world.
Called bouldering – after the boulders it is practised on – it's become a sport in its own right and one in which one of the two Dawn Wall climbers, Kevin Jorgeson, excels.
Goldman is critical of HR as it is practised in most organisations, saying it is "overly complicated" and ineffective.
But their direct defiance of Mr Khamenei is an unprecedented show of rebellion against how it is practised.
It is practised in more than 40 African countries - it is particularly widespread in Somalia - as well as in parts of Asia the Middle East.
