The changes being implemented are sometimes practical, but at what cost to their culture?

BBC: The end of a wandering way of life?

But if it could eventually be industrialised, it would be a triumphant demonstration that even the weirdest scientific arcana can sometimes have practical applications.

ECONOMIST: Microelectronics grows up

When sales teams in particular look to their leaders, they expect vision in practical, sometimes even tactical terms.

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She follows a "doability doctrine": America should use its military power where it can to achieve practical if sometimes limited goals.

CNN: Blunt But Flexible

Sometimes people ask for practical information, like directions or the weather report.

NPR: Robot Receptionist Dishes Directions and Attitude

We should reject the sometimes implied disdain for applied, practical research relative to basic in in advancing basic knowledge.

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During my first year of teaching, I sometimes wondered if the knowledge would ever have any practical use.

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Sometimes the massive and expensive institutions that deliver health care are worse at dispensing practical advice than a quaint how-to book available at a used book store.

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Comparing terms is often a complicated analysis and the practical cost-of-capital of a given debt term sheet is sometimes hard to calculate.

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