practical effect

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalandeffect

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofpracticalandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpractical effect

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Indeed, the rabbinical decree does not seem to have had muchpracticaleffect.
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But thepracticaleffectof the court's ruling was firmly negative.
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Thepracticaleffectwas to establish a status ladder which could be climbed by banks as their reputation grew and their expertise developed.
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And thereafter, although the new rules were formally imposed, various local conventions weakened theirpracticaleffect.
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Thepracticaleffectis that the model fit is also dominated by this part of the data.
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Others may view the current legal regime as closer to relatively hostile invalidation, which declares such unions to be withoutpracticaleffect.
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I don't take the possibility of this sort of undesirablepracticaleffectto be a serious theoretical objection to escapism.
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Thepracticaleffectis that one sound is used to filter another sound.
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Yet, although they are broad enough to apply across organizations, stakeholders, and jurisdictions, they are also specific and tangible enough to have real significance andpracticaleffect.
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D's vote has the samepracticaleffect.
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In either event, thepracticaleffectis to take account of movements in wages in the employment which is relevant for wage-stop purposes.
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That is the rule, and there is, in theory, a fairly strong justification for it, though it is possible to exaggerate itspracticaleffect.
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It will be some time before those decisions will takepracticaleffect.
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The onlypracticaleffectof it must be to create difficulties between authorities who are now working under conditions of exceptional difficulties.
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How do we know that the assurances will be carried intopracticaleffect?
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I want to know how far they have been put intopracticaleffect, or has no start been made with these plans?
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However, one must look at thepracticaleffectof the proposed amendment.
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So that thepracticaleffectof this amendment is very, very important.
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But what is theirpracticaleffectwhen considered together with the question of obtaining a licence?
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I am not convinced that the proposed amendment will have anypracticaleffect.
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