Sentence examples for surprisingly practical from inspiring English sources

The design originated from surprisingly practical concerns.

He can sound very, shall we say, Berkeley, but his ideas can be surprisingly practical.

For such a cult item, it's surprisingly practical: easy to get into and deceptively large.

But quantum theory may turn out to have surprisingly practical applications in manufacturing faster computer chips.

But I think it's a fairytale with a surprisingly practical lesson.

He asked if I had managed to avoid the long lines — a surprisingly practical concern for a semimythological figure.

The clothing he showed that morning was exquisite but surprisingly, thoughtfully practical.

Not surprisingly, a practical man, the Flemish engineer Simon Stevin (1548 1620), who wrote on perspective and cartography among many other topics of applied mathematics, gave the first effective impulse toward redefining the object of Archimedean analysis.

Kennedy has become a good Senator because he insists on being well prepared, works hard, has a feel for human relationships, and most surprisingly, is deeply practical.

The links between research, policy and action are often neglected[ 3] and there are surprisingly few published practical examples or systematic understanding of how to bridge the interface in sub Saharan Africa[ 2, 4, 5] Better conceptual and practical understanding that is grounded in the complexity of health systems and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is required.

Practical and surprisingly philosophical, too, no?