It may do so in economists' models, but the main practical example (Japan over the past two decades) is not encouraging.

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Consider as a practical example weather data.

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So I believe that this is a good example of practical cooperation that should be highlighted.

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He said the reasons were firstly practical, because for example if a person's entitlement to vote was based on Scotland being their birthplace a whole new electoral register would be needed.

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For example, it will become practical to track items such as razor blades (10% of which apparently disappear on their way from the factory to the shop).

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He tried the patience of more practical and straightforwardly ambitious politicians like Nehru, for example by proposing Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's would-be leader, as India's first prime minister, to avert partition.

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In elementary mathematics, for example, these try to relate formulae to practical situations.

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Any device would also need to be packaged in a way that made it practical - on the scale of an ultrasound scanner, for example.

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Practical steps would be reserved for a later stage, should the Palestinians, for example, seek to join the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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