Sentence examples for practical status from inspiring English sources

Such dicta, when repeatedly used as the point of departure for analysis, have a regrettable tendency to acquire the practical status of legal rules.

In this context an important contribution of pragmatism is precisely its interpretation of the practical status of social facts.

Nevertheless, many feminist bioethicists (i.e., Duden 1993, Lyerly and Mahowald 2001) have been concerned that conceiving of the fetus as a separate patient tends to imaginatively bolster the personification of the fetus, as well as giving it a practical status that ought to be reserved for persons.

In fact I have always been rather proud of my single-yet-practical status, feeling invincible in a world full of Doubting Thomases when the washing machine grinds to a halt and I think, airily, 'Oh I suppose I'll just have to change the filter'.

Practices specify standards and reasons, and so 'practical reason' turns out to be a practice status as well.

The incentive for the development of a practical health status instrument, the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) arose from routine clinical management of COPD in general practice where it was recognized that clinicians require a simple tool that will help them to identify not only the clinical status of the airways but also activity limitation and emotional dysfunction in the patient.

8 – Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

In practical terms, the status complicated Cuba's ability to administer its Interests Section (the entity that stands in for an embassy when countries don't have diplomatic ties) in Washington and its mission at the United Nations because banks were loath to deal with a blacklisted country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) in the United States also developed a rapid assessment tool to measure practical needs, health status and health needs [ 6, 7].

Effective teaching and support of students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds: Practical advice for teaching staff.

Even if some strong-minded individuals managed not to feel diminished by their own fall in relative status, the practical effects, like the bidding-up of house prices, couldn't be ignored.