Sentence examples for practical could not from inspiring English sources

Tozzoli, for all his uncompromising focus on the practical, could not help being impressed by these compositions.

If an item was not practical, could not discriminate among people (for example, all people could perform the activity) or did not capture the construct of 'shoulder function', the item was altered or removed.

This subset (or part thereof) was also analysed for 34 additional substances of interest that for practical reasons could not be included in the standard set (phenols, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), benzothiazoles, and other PAHs and phthalates; Table 1b).

And it struck me that this is where public life is, generally – just about polite enough to hear out the Greens, but absolutely unwavering on the decision that normal people, practical people, could not afford – whether financially or politically – to listen to them.

Unfortunately in that analytical work, many practical details could not be taken into consideration.

On the experimental level with only small ensiling bags, the stability of the silages under practical conditions could not be investigated.

We also performed individual interviews with two informants who agreed to participate in the study, but who for practical reasons could not participate in any of the group discussions.

Although the sample size of ADHD children with/without MPH treatment was small in this study, the practical effect could not totally explain the improvement in the WISC-III after MPH treatment, because there were no significant changes in the ADHD children who did not receive MPH treatment after one year.

While Rehberg agreed with Kant that the only justification of religion is practical,[21] he could not accept that a practical justification has its basis in reason alone.

My mom is very practical and couldn't care less about fashion.

It was a much more practical problem: he could not understand his new boss's presentation, because, as one journalist whispered quite loudly, "He doesn't speak French".