Sentence examples for use of the practices from inspiring English sources

Comparison of our results with those of previous studies is limited by the fact that these studies reported the use of the practices in mean scores, which are difficult to compare with our dichotomous measures.

Prevalence rates and duration of use of the practices over the previous year are presented in Table 2. Ranking and duration of use of the weight control practices were similar across sex and race/ethnicity and thus were collapsed across these categories.

An investigation into covert policing has found widespread use of the practice.

Use of the practice field is paid for by the Take the Field initiative, which Baxter called a godsend.

The use of the practice, along with the agency's detention of approximately three dozen "high value detainees" in secret jails, has made some C.I.A. employees uneasy and has prompted a debate within the intelligence community.

He said that despite his authorization of the opinions in 2005, he had urged senior Bush administration officials to end the use of the practice.

In spite of the law, Henry VII made widespread use of the practice, in 1495 persuading Parliament to make those who had promised gifts legally liable for unpaid arrears.

(Indeed, despite the efforts of advocates like Joseph Nye, dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, to get Washington interested in scenario planning, only one country, Singapore, has made extensive use of the practice).

The security company said that its poor outlook is a result of rampant use of the practice.

Evaluate reported use of the practice of "eating more protein" to prevent weight gain among midlife women.

After widespread condemnation in 2014 of the Indonesian police force's use of the practice for recruits, the government said it would no longer require women enrolling at a college for civil servants to undergo the examination.