While you might be happy to never again have to hear the teenage son practicing tuba, it's probably not practical to ask your neighbors to soundproof their garage.
In terms of practical advice, ask for help and support from the many organisations and resources out there.
"A building height of about 160 to 170 feet," he said, "seemed to be the most that was practical to ask for".
She says it's up to students to "be practical" and ask to meet a staff member or a councillor to discuss what a career in local government might involve.
In an operational information retrieval system it may not seem practical to ask a searcher to provide relevance judgments for every retrieved document, as we have done in this study.
Second, in a cross-sectional study, it is more practical to ask employees of their 'intention to quit or stay' than to actually track them down in a longitudinal study to see whether they have left or to conduct a retrospective study and risk hindsight biases [ 28].
Then came the practical question, asked by almost all: What will it cost us?
As a practical matter, asking a bunch of journalism students to keep their mouths shut was of course bound to fail, especially since some of them had been offered fees by media outlets to start talking the moment the bell rang.
So "what good is [an oath] if it doesn't have any practical effect?" asked Pellegrino.
A PA (or exercise) vital sign is an easy way to meet this need and is recommended as a key healthcare strategy in the US National Physical Activity Plan. 25 From a practical perspective, asking about PA is a minimal time investment with a high yield.
