Sentence examples for of practical matters from inspiring English sources

The literature skirts a number of practical matters.

When things go wrong, it is often because of practical matters, like a performance schedule that is too busy.

From that time on there are records not only of practical matters such as law and business but increasingly of written literature.

But Jack is no common trickster, and his daring criminal exploits are grounded in detailed, well-researched knowledge of all kinds of practical matters, from picking locks to faking the Kazakhstan Crown Diamond.

As evidence of the first virtue, his son and daughter, Bebe and Cuca, whose childhood and adolescent years had been happy, later accused him of having sheltered them from the hard realities of life, focussing particularly on his handling of practical matters.

Slightly later, "across the piece" was also used in the context of practical matters, such as in an 1807 printing patent (which offers variation of the pattern "by changing the order of figures across the piece"), or in Edward H Knight's 1874 The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, which defines a "traverse-saw" as "a cross-cutting saw which moves on ways across the piece".

It would be comical if the country were not in a bitter ongoing debate about gun control and the safety of children; but since we are, it's frustrating that time is still being spent on this long-settled "debate" instead of on practical matters.

It was conducted at physiotherapy premises at four different sites in groups comprising five to eight participants and was preceded by an individual introductory meeting at the premises, which included instructions and allowed for preparations and modifications of practical matter such as positioning and the use of mattresses and pillows to reach a good level of comfort.

The musicians — essentially playing themselves in re-enactments of events that more or less really happened — are focused much of the time on practical matters.

Of course, practical matters — like cost, copyright issues and technology — would need to be resolved first.

Research institutions are prone to follow the glamorous and popular trends and, in exchange, they have lost sight of more practical matters.