Sentence examples for this pernicious practice from inspiring English sources

Seriously, this pernicious practice is, we fear, on the increase.

If you take work home on weekends, give yourself a month or two to put a stop to this pernicious practice.

As a consequence of its work against vulture funds, whereby private companies buy up developing country debt and force them to repay it, a bill has recently been passed in Britain to make this pernicious practice obsolete.

Galvanised by our members' irritation at the practice, and together with some redoubtable GPs and midwives, Mumsnet launched a campaign against the presence of sales reps on maternity wards last year, and in time we hope to see this pernicious practice end.

Although some early researchers thought that this "pernicious practice" (Welter 1935: 32) must surely be confined to a few berserk individuals, careful study has now shown that both male and female Marsh Wrens of all ages peck and destroy eggs if given the chance.

A new offence was needed to "punish this pernicious practice" and provide "an important means of redress for victims of this cruel behaviour", he said.

But this just means that the pernicious practice of socializing losses while keeping profits private is not quarantined in the financial sector.

This is most obvious in the pernicious practice of "policy conditionality", where countries have to do what donors say to get their money.

The history of immigrants is, to a huge extent, the history of this nation, though so is the pernicious practice of determining that some among us do not deserve full humanity, and full citizenship.

Paying women less than their male counterparts for a job of equal value has been illegal since the 1970s but that hasn't deterred the pernicious practice.

JEREMY WAINWRIGHT Pittsboro, N.C., May 21, 2013 To the Editor: Can we please start calling the pernicious practice of corporations and wealthy individuals not paying their fair share in taxes what it is?