The functions of the Task Force will be performed by the Gulf Restoration Council and the Trustee Council to the extent practicable, as set forth in this order.

WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order -- Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration

Both sides have agreed to coordinate discovery "to the extent practicable" with discovery for YouTube's defense against a separate class-action copyright infringement suit being led by England's top soccer division, the Premier League.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In emergency situations, or when an agency is obligated by law to act more quickly than normal rulemaking procedures allow, the agency shall notify OIRA as soon as possible, and, to the extent practicable, comply with E.

WHITEHOUSE: Memoranda 01-27 (Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13211)

For those regulatory actions that are governed by a statutory or court-imposed deadline, the agency shall, to the extent practicable, schedule rulemaking proceedings so as to permit sufficient time to prepare any applicable Statement of Energy Effects and to permit OIRA to conduct its regulatory review.

WHITEHOUSE: Memoranda 01-27 (Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13211)

The fine was calculated by measuring by how far Railtrack missed its target in percentage terms, but with an allowance for where the company reduced delays to the "greatest extent reasonably practicable" or where it was subsequently found that the delay was not its fault.

BBC: Railtrack says new fine is 'ludicrous'