How To Use Practise In A Sentence

It occurred to Wyllard that Gregory had, at least, made no great success of farming; but that occupation, as practised on the prairie, demands a good deal more than quickness and what some call brilliancy from the man who undertakes it. Hawtrey's Deputy
The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
The men practised various traditional crafts, such as carving toys out of bone.
During the workshop, they each practised their part in the performance.
Huguenots the free exercise of their religion only in the suburbs of one town in each bailiwick (bailliage), and in those places where it had been practised before the outbreak of hostilities and which they occupied at the current date. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability

It is less practised among those Gikuyu who have been Europeanised or detribalised.
Even in 1935 they were being sent an ‘astonishing amount of illiterate and unintelligent writing’, but practised readers spent little time on it.
She performed the song with practised skill.
The residents of the complex, which has adequate fire security systems, practise mock fire drills every week.
Also, rabbits and hares practise refection, which is essentially the same principle as rumination, and does indeed ‘raise up what has been swallowed’.
As far as demonstrations go, it was no big deal and, with no reports of the well-practised Belgian police water cannons in action, it was a pretty tame affair. Damned either way
When you practise breast self-examination you are not looking for trouble.
Just as he's an expert guide through the between-spaces of the city, so he's a practised navigator through different psychic spaces.
Both bearings are founded on what is called canting heraldry, a species of art disowned by the writers on the science, yet universally made use of by those who practise the art of blazonry. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
The practise is a success when the right combustibles meet the right materials.
The entire sequence was like a well-practised ritual that never varied. LOST SUMMER
She has practised upon my credulity with huge success.
The law states that everyone has the right to practise their own religion.
One teenager checks the reed of his clarinet and practises phrasing.
First, Aristotle and his followers practise a haphazard, uncritical collection of data.
Practise and soon you will find that you can spot the keywords instinctively and make sense out of them, and your reading speed increases manyfold.
In response, he skipped school for ten straight days so he could practise and improve his skills.
The Easy Peasy Skate, as it's known, is a good way to practise for more challenging city skating, such as the Sunday stroll and Friday night skate, weekly marshalled events through central London. 10 of the best outdoor activities in London
The vehicles that make up a cruise missile flight will emerge regularly from their base and drive around the countryside to practise.
‘On the old aircraft we could not practise low-level flying in the simulator but with the new J we can do so and so we upset fewer neighbours,’ he said.
With a degree in psychology behind him, he now practises psychotherapy in Colorado with an inside track on dreams and nightmares.
He was well-practised in the French form of boxing known as la savate. Spell of Magic – Part 2 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog
As a result, those who practise Karate get to know themselves better, are able to make sound judgments and achieve stable emotions even under trying circumstances.
Indeed, despite antecedent ideas and practices, modern acupuncture, with such strange aspects as electro - acupuncture, may never have existed in traditional China in anything like the form that it is practised today.
He has been at hard-heads with the rogues and come off with advantage; in short, practised with success the art of drawing two souls out of one weaver. [ The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
A very simple quick mission builder is included, allowing players to practise take-offs and landings, aerial-combat manoeuvring, gunnery and formation flying.
The jury heard that when Vinall practised at Glebe House, Headingley, in the early 1990s no chaperones were provided for his patients.
For many, driving off road will be a new experience and, if it's to be a regular activity, driving courses are available to practise the required skills.
Another legend of Taoism said Zhao Gongming originally came from Zhongnan Mountain and lived a remote and solitary life to practise his skills.
Visitors can take their place at desks in three period classrooms and write on slates with chalk before progressing to dip pens and exercise books to practise ornate copperplate writing.
And tho’ I helped make many a parchment from the chosen lambs, I did all my writing practice in my wax tablet, for parchment is far too precious for aught but the practised scribe.
How people practise skill and knowledge acquisition is crucial. Times, Sunday Times
He used to practise usury frequently.
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Find techniques that have worked and practise them regularly. Times, Sunday Times
Students can not only practise the designed experiments in the modules, but also make innovative experiments based on their ideas, subsistent resource and interface in the modules.
She can't practise our art as she is now. The Broken God
Submission — He practises an Expedient to detain the Carriage at Alost, and confirms the Priest in his Interest. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
She was a vegetarian and practised yoga. Times, Sunday Times
It is on account of this tricky instinct of the rhea that the gauchos say, "El avestruz es el mas _gaucho_ de los animales," which means that the ostrich, in its resourcefulness and the tricks it practises to save itself when hard pressed, is as clever as the gaucho knows himself to be. Far Away and Long Ago
I now know that my fellow brothers and sisters, the lawyers of New Zealand, will be in a position to practise in front of the highest court of our country.
Religion is practised passionately with many a young boy aspiring to become a Buddhist monk.
And as he looked at the unpractised mouth and lips, he thought that such a daughter of the soil could only have caught up the sentiment by rote.
For person and complexion they haue broade and flatte visages, of a tanned colour into yellowe and blacke, fierce and cruell lookes, thinne haired vpon the upper lippe, and pitte of the chinne, light and nimble bodied, with short legges, as if they were made naturally for horsemen: whereto they practise themselues from their childhood, seldome going afoot about anie businesse. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
When people practise a task such as mental arithmetic it becomes automatic and unconscious, freeing up space in the working memory for more complex calculations. Times, Sunday Times
So - usual practise - they stick electrodes into his brain to jolt his memory. Times, Sunday Times
When we competed as amateurs in the Olympics we would practise all year for three or four events.
The Romans became practised at draining marshes to rid areas of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Infant male circumcision as practised by the Jews occurs on the eighth day after birth.
According to the workout, we are going to practise on 100mdash in this class. And we will begin with start techniques.
Fake contraceptive technology manipulates women in ways that we are coming to condemn when they are practised on members of other species.
Find a partner and practise these new dance steps.
Getting acute pharyngitis while representing a client in a fitness to practise inquiry. Times, Sunday Times
We must practise energy conservation comprehensively and switch over to electricity-based traction for railways and urban transportation.
It's stupid to go to the expense of taking music lessons if you never practise.
Shut away in a music practise room with a djembe, he began to play. Times, Sunday Times
The recruits have just returned from their two-week camp in Otterburn where they practised their military skills and fieldcraft.
My son is always unwilling to practise upon the piano as regularly as he should have done.
The direct transfer of wealth and material from conquered peoples, as practised by the Romans, the British, and even the Russians after 1945, just hasn't happened.
Practise the breathing techniques until they become automatic.
He faced the television cameras with practised ease.
The Rostrevor man's shirt was stretched and pulled by the Tyrone captain before Canavan bought the free with practised skill.
The sort of man who practises imaginary cricket strokes along empty hotel corridors and has a special jacket for afternoon walks. Times, Sunday Times
It is advisable to practise each exercise individually before doing the whole routine.
Forty-one He'd been making Lee practise Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor for two cellos. THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE
These were individuals who practised traditional Japanese arts such as ikebana or Kabuki theatre "in a supreme way". ANC Daily News Briefing
Do you still practise your religion?
In Belgium only qualified doctors may practise alternative medicine.
And so it came to pass that daily thereafter did we practise for an hour or so in the armoury with sword and buckler, and with every lesson my proficiency with the iron grew in a manner that Falcone termed prodigious, swearing that I was born to the sword, that the knack of it was in the very blood of me. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
They who had practised penances and observed excellent vows for amrita now seemed to be eager seekers after amrita (celestial ambrosia). The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
Outsourcing and subcontracting were rarely practised and much work was done locally. Times, Sunday Times
But the chiefs still practised the old ways, the custom of hunakele, and hid the bones of the aliis where no men should find them and make fish-hooks of their jaws or arrow heads of their long bones for the slaying of little mice in sport. THE BONES OF KAHEKILI
The Press dilated speciously on the economy practised under the system and on its general advantageousness. The Siege of Kimberley
Most importantly, learners must have the opportunity to develop and practise skills that directly improve self directed learning.
They righteously maintain that they do not practise rationing.
Bellingham practised as an insurance broker and his wife as a milliner.
I believe usual practise is to assume that if you got a nice early slide this time because of BST, you might get a kick in the rear end later in the year from the return to GMT; your twelve hour night shift magically morphing into a 13hr slog. Policing Pledge Is A Lie SHOCK « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Essentially, the azad were itinerant mendicants who regularly practised extreme ascetic styles of religious devotion, as a mark of their ‘other worldliness.’
I was determined to be a professional dancer, and practised for hours every day.
Her signature was a complicated affair of practised flourishes.
With his trademark single flaxen plait snaking lazily down his jumper, Britain's leading organic gardener certainly appears to practise what he preaches.
The defence was to be entrusted to the well-practised but now aged hands of that most experienced practitioner Mr Chaffanbrass, than whom no barrister living or dead ever rescued more culprits from the fangs of the law. Phineas Redux
Meanwhile, the responsibility of credit fund balance was practised, the institution of reserve ratio was built, and the economic leverage function of rate was performing.
It is most important (and many unpractised performers fall down here) to relocate to a simply awful site - at the very least, a desperately uncomfortable sofa but, ideally, under a thin towel on the hard, freezing floor of the bathroom.
She, he told me, was a root woman, a juju woman, a practiser of Voodoo.
Like a practised wine taster, she swilled the dark liquid around in her mouth then swallowed.
And acordyng to their counsaile, practise vpon himself. The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
We practised as attorneys-at-law in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates 'Court. OLIVER TAMBO
Guidelines that disseminate new information and provide advice are welcome, but they should not be couched so rigidly as to present clinicians who practise in the current defensive culture with insoluble dilemmas.
Practise what you preach.
He tried to be all serious and sombre - but it was all a little too practised. The Sun
Tour discipline is another area that is well practised and thought out. Times, Sunday Times
People should be free to practise their religion as long as they allow others to do the same. The Sun
The argument turned out to be of longer duration than normal, and Lucien practised with Jeopardy for seven consecutive days.
But only if you use it regularly and practise a variety of the activities on offer. The Sun
‘You must practise like a devil, so that you can perform like an angel,’ she noted.
The Agrologists Act requires persons who practise agrology to be members of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.
We can practise the exchange of self and other with spiritual friends by developing mindfulness of their needs and putting them before our own.
They depart from Ghent — Our Hero engages in a Political Dispute with his Mistress, whom he offends, and pacifies with Submission — He practises an Expedient to detain the Carriage at Alost, and confirms the Priest in his Interest. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Knowledge is a measure, but practise is the key to it.
It is absolutely requisite that the complete person he contemplator of things which have a being, and the practiser of those thing which are decent; and this easily appears by the following instances. Essays and Miscellanies
The basic course does not qualify you to practise as a therapist.
Many also practised severe austerities, subjecting themselves to extremes of temperature, hunger and thirst, painful bodily distortions, and various other kinds of self-denial.
Olympiodorus, in Photius's extracts, tells us of one Libanius, who practised this kind of military magic, and having promised [Greek: choris opliton kata barbaron energein] to perform great things against the Barbarians without soldiers, was, at the instances of the empress Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
Ikebana is usually practised in contemplative silence, but on this tour it is accompanying a much noisier kind of meditation. Times, Sunday Times
Not only was he a compelling teacher, he practised what he preached. THE ENDLESS GAME
The trip to Paris will be an ideal opportunity to practise my French.
It can be practised by units as small as a company or platoon, or as part of a major programme to protect an industrial site or air base.
The basic course does not qualify you to practise as a therapist.
Rejoined the wolf, I have no faith in thy word, for sages have said, ‘Whoso practiseth trust in the place of hate, erreth;’ and, ‘Whoso trusteth in the untrustworthy is a dupe; he who re-trieth him who hath been tried shall reap repentance and his days shall go waste; and he who cannot distinguish between case and case, giving each its due, and assigneth all the weight to one side, his luck shall be little and his miseries shall be many.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Practised with restraint, it proves useful, whereas in excess it leads to eccentricity and insociability. [ Michel de Montaigne
Forty-one He'd been making Lee practise Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor for two cellos. THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE
The ability to tie a good knot in monofilament and braid lines is an ability to be cultivated and practised.
His brother raised his eyebrows, his unpractised conceit filtering into his expression.
You don't practise enough at the piano.
You should select and practise the appropriate method for the task in hand.
An innate horror at the sight of a naked sword averted him from the most just of wars; while his favourite Buckingham practised on his weakness, and his own complacent vanity rendered him an easy dupe of The Thirty Years War — Complete
I think most people in witchcraft or paganism practise in a solitary way,’ she said.
But, in a country where female infanticide is practised and baby girls abandoned in dustbins, women chief ministers in five States is, nonetheless, remarkable.
But for those of us who practise and experience physical touch as a part of our lives, it is truly a powerful way of appreciating and accepting others.
The trip to Paris will be an ideal opportunity to practise my French.
The site is aimed at enabling people to practise their English language skills.
If you practise regularly, the better you will become and the more you will want to play. Times, Sunday Times
There is nothing wrong for a guru and chela to learn and practise mysterious rituals within the confines of the law.
For example, resurfacing of the patella with a patellar button is practised routinely, selectively, or not at all.
For those not proficient in the local language there is no need to worry, a vast majority of the locals speak very fluent English and are usually only too happy to put it into practise.
Crafts such as lace making, weaving and woodwork are still practised but today it is the tourist market which keeps them going.
But, although her preceptress practised these arts with a dexterity then only known in foreign convents, the pupil proved so incorrigibly idle and awkward, that the task of needlework was at length given up, and lessons of music substituted in their stead. The Fortunes of Nigel
He ought to practise what he preaches.
The literary celebration of a city was just one of many stylistic exercises practised by Bruni and his humanist associates.
Tattoo art is still considered a lower-class macho symbol, traditionally practised among yakuza and construction workers.
I still remember my mother's shock when he got me to help him to practise taking apart an incendiary bomb in the kitchen. Times, Sunday Times
For most citizens, liberty means the freedom to practise their religious or political beliefs.
You need to practise every day.
The best way for ministers to avoid being despised is to teach and practise the things that are given them in charge. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Did they take much practise? The Sun
Moreover, in true Yorkshire speech, the accent is inseparable from the dialect - though not many would be willing to practise the dialect today, even if they were familiar with the phraseology.
The true doctrine of the Quran, the Islamic holy book, says clearly that people are free to practise their religion as they see fit.
I would love to add "the ability to abstain from long term practised masturbation. Army Rumour Service
They practise a kineticism more aggressive than mere adventurousness, more compulsive than wanderlust. The Times Literary Supplement
Organic surface horizons are often thicker than 50 centimetres, and peat-cutting is practised in easily accessible areas around lochs and roads.
Origami comes from Japan, where it is still widely practised.
The strappado as described by Smollett, however, is a more severe form of torture even than that practised by the Inquisition, and we can only hope that his description of its brutality is highly coloured. Travels through France and Italy
The man of the most practised intellect is not exempt from the universal laws of our conceptive faculty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
I will stay behind after training to practise crosses and set-pieces. The Sun
Athletes practise kayaking off a marina near the port city of Piraeus.
Markham, who had produced a hypodermic syringe and a swab, wiped her arm and inserted the needle with practised skill. LOADED QUESTIONS
If you practise regularly, the better you will become and the more you will want to play. Times, Sunday Times
It might endanger other reporters to have it publicly known that this deception is practised.
It is quite clear in the above exchange about Mr Woodhouse's gallantries that she knows she is galling Emma: she wants to gall her rival and does it with malicious and practised expertise.
We must practise the strictest frugality and economy.
Almost all these rock bands practise in basements of residential buildings that are too damp for people to live in, and are often used as storehouses.
A good analogue is the Bacha Bazi practised in Northern Pakistan and the increasingly lovely Afghanistan some of our best are dying to protect. Policing Pledge Response Times – The Ugly Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
He strongly believed in the contents of the literature and practised the spells and conjurations elucidated in the texts.
The basic course does not qualify you to practise as a therapist.
The rites that he practised were of an uncouth, barbarous, and unusual nature.
Practise reversing the car into the garage.
I was so unpleasantly occupied, for some time after her departure, with the knaveries said to be practised among the dense cover of the Windmill Wood, that I did not immediately recollect that we had omitted to ask her any particulars about her guests. Uncle Silas
They say it's because they measure it for each pair of glasses, but that's rubbish; I can tell from their well-practised line: we don't give out pupillary distances. On top of it, there's the poor sight headaches.
He practised an applied moral and social philosophy in his attitude towards technology.
You'll just have to practise like billy-ho!" said Betty Brierley, who was addicted to slang. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story
I will promise thee this reward for thy labor: if thou consider well the actions of the world, thou shalt find him much practised by those that condemn him; who willingly would walk as theeves do with close lanternes in the night, that they being undescried, and yet seeing all, might surprise the unwary in the dark. Machiavelli, Volume I
Their battalions practised skirmishing on the glacis with that routine assiduity which is the secret of the German military success. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places
Heading on down the wall, I practise panning my camera 90° through the water, trying to picture another ray, or perhaps even an angelshark, appearing out of the gloom and flying right towards us.
[Footnote 4: This tradition was told me by Tehua Indians, and some friends among the Queres subsequently confirmed it.] [Footnote 5: This fire-cure was still practised by the Queres not very long ago.] The Delight Makers
Torture was certainly practised by Europeans upon Europeans.
No limit can be set to the forms of deception practised in the occult.
Therefore, while the results of your education should stay with you forever, skills that are not practised are usually soon lost.
In Wasps they face a team well practised in the art of winning when it matters. Times, Sunday Times
The dire offence of Hugh O'Neill to Elizabeth was far less his rebellion than his "practises" with Spain. The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914
It is really thrilling that the bill will further protect the public by ensuring that practitioners are not only fit to practise but also competent to do so.
He practises as a clinical psychologist.
And three of those are well practised at thriving on catastrophe. Times, Sunday Times
Now carve the pattern on the surface in whatever manner you have designed -- in grooves suggesting the articulation of the leaves, in short grooves which may pass for additional leaves, or in a dozen ways which practise may help you to invent. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship
Today up to a million Britons practise yoga and it has become big business. Times, Sunday Times
In medieval times, it was illegal for Christians to practise usury.
After we liberated Europe we did not come home to deny freedoms and practise genocide here.
Women have become victims of men who refuse to practise safe sex by using condoms.
He used to read palms and said he practised hypnotism.
Now if we feel compelled to write in longhand we are embarrassed by the unpractised scrawl that we see appearing on the page in front of us.
It's stupid to go to the expense of taking music lessons if you never practise.
In the first instance it was shown that the use of so-called abortifacient drugs was extensively practised and was usually a first resort. Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand
It's shocking to hear someone arguing the contrary, and while I'm sure it wasn't your intention to defend those practises, that is the practical effect of your voicing the opinion without qualifying which practises should be tolerated. Should the Burqa -- and other face coverings -- be banned?
The group originally met to practise in the Methodist Church.
In a wood-fired oven by the entrance a well-practised chef turns out gallettes auvergnates, delicate pizza-like tarts whose base is akin to water biscuit, whose top comprises ham, saucisson, cantal, mushrooms and egg.
It totally contradicts my personal practise of parkour, but as an 'ambassador' of it, I've found myself doing shows.
Serial monogamy is a common marriage pattern and polygyny is practised by a few.
They tut-tut - if only he had a regular coach… if only he practised more… if only he would concentrate… And they are driving him potty.
Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach.
The family members should plan two escape routes from each room and practise the plan until it is perfected.
If you are so unfortunate as to have contracted the low habit of smoking, be careful to practise it under certain restrictions; at least, so long as you are desirous of being considered fit for civilized society. Smoking Etiquette | Edwardian Promenade
Bow is dyspraxic, and thinks learning to play the uke has helped her coordination: "I didn't get it myself at first, but you just need to practise more," she says. A working life: Ukulele teacher
The practised glance flicked over her once again, appraising her in a different way. COMPULSION
She is now based with her family in Glasgow where she practises acupuncture and writes.
Her signature was a complicated affair of practised flourishes.

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