Sentence examples for the practice of devoting from inspiring English sources

He was referring to plans to devote each night to a different theme, to keep the oratory generally upbeat, and to skip the practice of devoting one night to attacks on the other major party's nominee.

Now that the public appears to be evenly split as to whether the death penalty or life without parole is preferable in capital cases, it might be a good time for states to end the practice of devoting far too much time to trying to remove all of the imperfections that are inherent with the use of the death penalty.

A5 World Briefing A6 NATIONAL A14-24 G.O.P. to Soften Tone At Philadelphia Convention Advisers to Gov. George W. Bush say they are fashioning a Republican national convention that will emphasize policy over partisan vitriol and perhaps abandon the frequent practice of devoting one night to an attack on the opposition.

Hoping to preserve and perpetuate an upbeat tone that has served them well over the last several months, advisers to Gov. George W. Bush say they are fashioning a party convention that will emphasize policy over partisan vitriol and perhaps abandon the frequent practice of devoting one night to an attack on the opposition.

Dutrochet studied medicine in Paris (M.D., 1806) and then served as a military medical officer in Spain for several years before giving up the practice of medicine to devote his career to scientific research.

Adlai E. Stevenson (1893 97), by entering the practice of law (Chicago, 1926) and devoting himself to public service.

I am devoted to the practice of redrafting.

Monsanto goes after an elderly man whose life has been devoted to the practice of cleaning seeds so farmers can replant crops.

THE notion that a young couple could be thrown together sight unseen and wind up getting married a few weeks later used to be restricted to third world countries still devoted to the practice of the arranged marriage.

However, I conducted an analysis of articles in the journal "Expert," devoted to the practice of start-up creation in Russia.

By the twelfth century, Chan had both religious and political prestige and the vast majority of public monasteries supported by the Song court were devoted to the practice of Chan (see Welter 2006).