Sentence examples for pragmatic and practical from inspiring English sources

A pragmatic and practical agenda is required.

The initiative is around the pragmatic and practical things that they would find most useful".

The nonpartisan, nine-member Council will now have a majority of newcomers, which Mr. Ficano predicted would result in "a very pragmatic and practical Council".

But that, he said, is not the same as self-censorship: "This is a pragmatic and practical decision on part of the organizers.

"Pragmatic and practical are words that can be used to describe engineers in general, which make them useful people to have around in a number of different working environments," says Margaret Holbrough, careers adviser at Graduate Prospects.

"What you're seeing is carrying out a very well thought-out and very effective foreign policy — more than anything it's pragmatic and practical," said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

This parallel Labour would be largely autonomous and, by necessity, pragmatic, practical and consensual.

I'm not being ungrateful; I want to be pragmatic, practical and realistic".

The American version, demonstrated in a couple of dozen paintings here, is more pragmatic, practical and empirical.

Pragmatic, practical and willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, they're largely calm under pressure and refreshingly able to put others first.

Reject the practical and the pragmatic.