Sentence examples for was merely practical from inspiring English sources

Mr. Fessenden, 48, a staple of the New York underground scene as a writer, director, producer and actor, says his advice about "Stake Land" was merely practical.

And as Bell points out, our wearable technologies have never been merely practical enhancements.

Such reasons will be "merely" practical, but reasons — reasons for reason, as it were — all the same.

Its direction is merely practical and competent, but the stage-managing of its complex events is remarkable.

Although Kitcher argues that classical genetics provides the best explanation in an objective sense, some anti-reductionists (e.g., Rosenberg 1985 , 1994 believe that the obstacles to reduction are merely practical.

As the show commenced, the shoes and bags were merely practical complements to the geometric print flair pant and tunic ensembles that captured the show: Heavy leather platform criss-cross Mary Janes and structured doctors bags.

Others say that the proposed laws are merely practical: states can't safely perform lethal injections without the old drugs and want to avoid the legal battles that come with the new experimental drugs, but still have prisoners sitting on death row whom they need to execute.

And his striking maquillage was merely a practical solution to acne.

A minute later, Mr. Mocibob, a handyman and a landscaper who has lived in the United States for 21 years, tried to insist that he was merely being practical.

Wright said the decision to drop the ban on working peers was merely a practical consideration designed to ensure the pool from which to draw potential board members would be of high quality.

It is merely a practical point of view".