Sentences with phrase «more practical purpose»

While highly regarded for aesthetic reasons alone, ceiling medallions also hold a more practical purpose: to conceal a light fixture's unsightly hooks and electrical wires.

The VR set also has a more practical purpose.

Richman said Bharara's warning also serves a more practical purpose for the U.S. attorney's office.

But Caret has a more practical purpose in mind for the Boeing (ba) spaceship, including leisure travel and vacation.

But for more practical purposes, you should just keep them away from heat in a well ventilated place (not in plastic) and use them within a week.

This work took the form of a mock government commissioned report in which he concluded that, in light of the proven uselessness of art, all areas devoted to the arts should be made suitable for more practical purposes.

Not exact matches

But what more is needed to persuade us that, at least for practical purposes, education is a universal biological function, co-existent with the totality of the living world?

That more is prudence, the practical wisdom that can discern what is ordered toward God's larger purposes, and yet realistic.

From the article, it appears that the practices of this group appear to be more centered on magic, the otherworldly and fantastic, and for all practical purposes «worshipping» snakes than they do any deity; unless, for these folks, snakes ARE their deity.

Who is this man Jesus, and have we for all practical purposes lost sight of him in the midst of floods, slaughter, burning pits of hell, and so much more?

For practical purposes, a brief selection known as Hidden Words has been widely circulated as expressing the more important teachings of the prophet.

The day - to - day menu of the «South African born but Texas trained» transplant is much more practical, drawing on foods «with a purpose» to either fuel her for the next workout or help her recover from the most recent.

For an expectant parent, «practical» can mean products that are versatile and may serve more than one purpose, gender neutral items, gear that is long - lasting (and can be re-used for baby # 2 and beyond), items that are lightweight and portable or even products that don't take up much space in a home.

This is just more harassment of legal gun owners with no practical crime - solving purpose.

The purpose of the program is to make practical contributions to more effective use of scientific knowledge in government, to educate the scientific communities regarding public policy, and to broaden the perspective of both the scientific and governmental communities regarding the value of such science - government interaction.

«And that is more than sufficient for practical purposes, since concentrating lenses are unlikely to create more than 4,000 or 5,000 suns worth of energy.

The theoretical mean sea level (or theoretical mean water, MW) is an estimate for the long - term mean value (more precisely, expectation value) of sea level, made for practical purposes.

It can be set off with bows and ribbons, although its original purpose was more practical — to pull the skirt back and keep the hem from dragging in the mud.

Some believed that for all practical purposes he was no more than semi literate.

The dimensions of the C - Max Energi make it very suitable as an all - purpose family vehicle, although the loss of cargo area space for the battery pack makes Ford's C - Max Hybrid ultimately more practical.

It just looks plain odd, even more so in the flesh, and unlike previous versions it serves no practical purpose whatsoever.

For that reason alone, it's best that you control your own ISBN, but toss in that it's practical, more professional, and imperative for branding purposes:

An internet tablet, which this is more akin to, is much more practical and will have a wider reach that the single purpose devices.

Also, thankfully, the iPad 3 is tipped to include an 8 megapixel camera at the front and rear which will be a nice improvement over the dismal camera that the present iPad 2 comes with that seems to be more of an after - thought than being built for any real practical purpose.

For most purposes the first formula way up there is more than sufficient (and probably the one I would actually use in all cases because the practical difference in compounding daily versus monthly just isn't significant).

When that is shown, and a practical purpose given, then approval is more likely.

CL: For all practical purposes, it seems to me that central banks» similarities (which The Evil Princes emphasises) are far more important than their differences.

More than luxurious spa treatments for well - pampered pets, natural grooming products are often practical products that serve a greater purpose.

The purpose of this class is to practice the skills we have learned in the classroom in more practical situations.

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For practical travelling purposes, the Disney Research team opted to create a smaller, more portable version of the game, programming similar gameplay into an embroidery machine.

Quilting had the tendency to be viewed as a passive, practical hobby with little more than functional purpose and quaint charm.

In Hepworth's practice the hollowing out of the timber often had a practical as well as an aesthetic purpose, as it helps the wood to dry out more quickly and evenly and so minimises the risk of it splitting.

Richter's practice of allowing the paint to dry in between his interventions with the surface serves a more practical, or conceptual purpose, in that it grants him a fresh perspective on each sally.

I just tried to demostrate that the climate (even as it is defined) is no more predictable than weather when it comes down to practical purposes.

For more practical, non - «one - megaton nuclear bomb detonated 250 miles over Kansas» purposes, it would also protect a microgrid from solar storms.

While solar vehicles are still rather more of a curiosity than a practical transportation solution — for most purposes anyways — the technology is slowly improving.

The theoretical mean sea level (or theoretical mean water, MW) is an estimate for the long - term mean value (more precisely, expectation value) of sea level, made for practical purposes.

While «there will always be oil, it will just get more expensive», for practical purposes (such as running an advanced industrial civilization) fossil fuels will disappear.

Perhaps I could have chosen my words more carefully to avoid the phrase «dogmatically insist» and to avoid implying an equivalence between those who are convinced by the core science (which, for all practical purposes, includes myself) and the likes of Andrew Bolt, but to get one's knickers in a twist over that phrase whilst ignoring my main argument is a serious misreading of my post — or, given Chris Warren's background, a symptomatic reading of ym post.

Adding living greenery to our urban buildings in the form of vertical gardens not only helps to make cities more beautiful, but also serves the practical purpose of producing extra oxygen and cleaning the air.

While the riders in the Tour de France are now using their bikes to descend mountain passes at speeds in excess of 60 mph, others are using bikes for more practical and charitable purposes.

Incorporating more balance and diversity into a garden design by leaving part of it wild serves a practical as well as philosophical purpose by increasing the likelihood that the area will naturally to attract birds or other insects that will eat the pests.

But there is a system of order which can be described mathematically giving predictions of the sort you showed: in a thousand throws, the results will be that for any practical purpose ech number has come up 1 / 6th of the time (actually, it will probably take more than 1000 throws to prove this, but then we are down to mathematical fiddlings and I'm an engineer.

Garden sheds offer such a great opportunity to experiment in architecture, to do something completely different, to have a little fun as well as serving the practical purpose of getting a little more space.

The rule sought by the State here, however, would make the trial no more than an appeal from the interrogation, and the right to use counsel at the formal trial [would be] a very hollow thing [if], for all practical purposes, the conviction is already assured by pretrial examination.

Rather, their approach was much more theoretical than practical.60 In 1779, Thomas Jefferson, then the Governor of Virginia, established «a Professorship of Law and Police» at William and Mary College.61 George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and, not coincidentally, the lawyer under whom Jefferson apprenticed, was appointed.62 The purpose of the course of study Wythe taught was less about producing practicing lawyers than it was educating the statesmen of the New Republic.63 Wythe did attempt to blend in some practical training with his lectures and readings through the use of a moot court and a moot legislature, though there is no indication that Wythe required any writing on the part of the students.64

This recommendation tackles these issues and more, declaring that CPD's purpose is to meet the evolving needs of lawyers and clients (which reads to me like a call for more practice - and client - related information and training), that there should be CPD standards grounded in practical outcomes, and that the assumption that traditional CPD correlates with competence should be tested (that last point, if studied and debunked, could change CPD worldwide).

They claim that the purpose of the legal profession is nothing more than to produce and distribute practical legal expertise to clients.

Other law books, the more affordable, practical and concise ones, serve an ever - diminishing purpose in keeping users abreast of recent changes and are everyday tools but might not be adequate in terms of quality and comprehensiveness to serve the needs of serious litigators and specialists.