Sentence examples for the practice got from inspiring English sources

While Mr. Santorum has defended earmarks as a legitimate use of Congressional power, he has also conceded that the practice got out of hand and should be suspended.

(The practice got its start in the late nineties, when a manager was inspired by the performance of Dante's "Inferno" that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine puts on every Maundy Thursday).

I soon got in the habit of taking off my shoes and padding around in socks, something I'd done while working temporary jobs in more traditional corporate offices, uptight banking conglomerates, and so on, where the practice got me gently patronized for my "artistic" personality.

In fact, the practice got so bad in the state of Florida that legislation was introduced to protect seniors from these abusive annuity sales practices.

The practice got the district in legal trouble in 2013, with state leaders saying Lake Hamilton and school districts were misinterpreting state rules that banned guns on school campuses except for private security companies.

But as the practice gets under way, some marketers, advertising executives and trend analysts caution that generalizations about this age group overlook significant differences within it.

It has been argued that the practice gets awfully close to overstating sales, because the car company knows it is selling a vehicle for less than what it is booking.

2. Feeling Production Now this is where the practice gets pumping with extra power.

The thinking behind this practice: get the bugs out before a new model is exported.

Furthermore, it can be hypothesized that the training effects will be enhanced when the locomotor practice gets combined with direct feedback; e.g., visual feedback.

The bigger a practice gets, though, the higher its starting salaries climb, topping out around $125,000 a year at the largest firms.