Sentence examples for to practising from inspiring English sources

So he devoted hours to practising the piano.

However, priority for the senior school's 160 places each year is always given to practising Catholics.

The self-styled modern, progressive Conservative party is firmly wedded to practising social engineering through the tax system.

The commissioner received contacts from Muslim service personnel expressing concern or uncertainty about entitlements in relation to practising their religion, especially during Ramadan and Eid.

Tabloids are unused to practising self-criticism so their coverage of the Leveson inquiry hearings has resulted in fascinating buck-passing exercises.

"I am really looking forward to practising again and being an autonomous member of a team and having that patient contact with the child again – having that one-to-one and being able to make a difference.

But when it comes to practising politics, particularly at election time, the Republicans have a rather different hero, a man of frowns rather than smiles: Richard Nixon.Nixon's great contribution to Republican politics was to master the politics of cultural resentment.

To succeed in today's music business the aspiring musician needs to give almost as much time and thought to business-related matters as they give to practising their art.

"At least he's honest," they have said of his confessions to practising "the dark arts of political spin" – itself a dishonest euphemism that semi-glorifies what should be called lying and smearing.

She made a similar suggestion to the military elite with regard to practising the battlefield use of chemical gas which had been difficult to control on the western front.

When asked what he recalled of practising with the Swede as a 15-year-old who was not always given to practising seriously, Federer said, smiling: "He was always so intense and I came on court and just hoped for an easy hit".