Sentence examples for principle and practicality from inspiring English sources

Both principle and practicality make that bargain obscene.

However, according to the chancellor Alistair Darling there are "problems of principle and practicality" with this idea; and as far as Gordon Brown is concerned it's too "risky".

We must stand on principle and practicality, and we should be very clear that a policy aimed at driving out 10 or 11 million people is not a good one.

But General Bates said the view of some civilian policy makers at the Pentagon was, "Why in the world would we pay an army we just spent blood and treasure to defeat?" Walter B. Slocombe, the civilian in charge of rebuilding Iraqi security institutions, defended Mr. Bremer's decision on grounds of principle and practicality.

The principle and practicality of direct coupling of a suitably matched PV array and PEM electrolyser have been successfully demonstrated.

Though wildly different in content, these cases both involve balancing principles and practicality, and then doing one of the most awkward jobs of government: setting a limit, a boundary on the allowable.Limits are often difficult to defend and frequently open to the charge of arbitrariness.

Although there is little real likelihood of even a flicker in the electricity supply in the next few years, alarmist headlines and public worry would be unwelcome, even if ungrounded.Arguments are raging about both principles and practicalities.

When teaching the ICU staff about the principles and practice of SGC, the main focus was on practicalities for the nurses and the benefits for the patients.

Pragmatism, school of philosophy, dominant in the United States in the first quarter of the 20th century, based on the principle that the usefulness, workability, and practicality of ideas, policies, and proposals are the criteria of their merit.

Crick also revealed in 2006 that he resisted pressure from the then home secretary, David Blunkett, to include history questions in the test: "I refused, both in principle and on grounds of practicality: could any test for immigrants be devised that 80% of our fellow citizens would not fail?" he said.

The presented review and analysis helps drawing conclusions regarding achievable comparative performance and practicality of using different design approaches and physical principles for different applications.