practical necessity

collocation in English

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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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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofpracticalandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But something more thanpracticalnecessitywas at stake in these prescriptions.
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To some extent this representspracticalnecessity: obviously working-class families could not afford nurses to carry their children.
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The presence of readable images of activity in the brain is suggestive of image-exploiting processes, probably apracticalnecessityfor such processes to occur, but not conclusive.
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Once freed,practicalnecessityand the standards of a high civilization called for giving the freedmen equal access to the courts and the privileges of citizenship.
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Ky explained that the council had to be dissolved out ofpracticalnecessity.
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Factory-made housing highlighted thepracticalnecessityof concentrating services into a core, as the onsite connection of panels with pre-threaded pipes was both complicated and expensive.
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This is apracticalnecessityand will be of great value to the developed and developing countries.
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There is a tendency to confused party dogma withpracticalnecessity.
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Thepracticalnecessityfor reducing the crime rate is the certainty of detection.
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I cannot give an assurance so categorical, for this touches one of the fundamentals of the constitution and also apracticalnecessity.
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It seems to me to be apracticalnecessity, as well as democratically healthy.
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These powers are directed to a verypracticalnecessity.
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It is more than just a gesture; it is rapidly becoming apracticalnecessity.
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We accept thepracticalnecessitysince the payments under the current arrangements are close to their ceiling.
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They realise that to them adult education has become apracticalnecessity.
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It is apracticalnecessityin any large enterprise in which there are a variety of associated activities.
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One is that there is a realpracticalnecessity, such as a reorganisation of local government or a redistribution.
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I think that is a false approach to the problem because we must distinguish between academic justification for a thing and thepracticalnecessity.
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It is an essential,practicalnecessityif we want a mixed economy to work.
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