It did not seem practicable to go to the store in that short amount of time. From LearnThat.org.
Order and privilege are condemned; total democracy, as direct as practicable, is the professed radical ideal. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Saudi Prince Calls Murdoch And Changes Fox News] Reference
Atlantic unity, with bonds as loose as we have them, as tight as may be practicable, is a safer bet than European union. From Wordnik.com. [Britain Versus EuropeThe Schuman Plan and German Revival] Reference
In the case of the King, the only amends practicable is the restoration of the Ministers possessing the confidence of the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Place of the King in the British Constitution] Reference
It might indeed be called a practicable waltz lavishly adorned. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
After passing through the valley, they reached the Sierra, as the Brazilians term the practicable mountain-summits. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer]
Lord's day is evidently the fittest and most effectual mean to this end; but yet it was not practicable, that is the mean did not exist till the. From Wordnik.com. [The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge] Reference
It assumes that to be practicable, which is impossible, namely, that there can be freedom with slavery, union with injustice, and safety with bloodguiltiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
It assumes that to be practicable, which is impossible, namely, that there can be freedom with slavery, union with injustice, and safety with blood guiltiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
They were therefore requested to engage a suitable person, and on the best terms practicable, and cause him to be on the premises as early as the 1st of December next. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History] Reference
Let us cease to use every thing, as far as it is practicable, that is not the product of our own soil and workshops -- not an axe, or a broom, or bucket, from Connecticut. From Wordnik.com. [The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It] Reference
The act states that police chiefs shall, whenever "practicable" segregate police officers involved in an SIU incident. From Wordnik.com. [MISSISSAUGA - Home] Reference
No "practicable" breastplates, hauberks, corslets, or any things of the kind have so far been discovered in graves of the Mycenaean prime. From Wordnik.com. [Homer and His Age] Reference
Good sense is shown, above all things, in seeking the practicable which is within our power, by preference to a more exquisite ideal which is unattainable. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2] Reference
"practicable," communicating from the stage to the pit; then, addressing the Arabs, I said to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life] Reference
"The plea for sprinkling on the ground that immersion is not always 'practicable' is met by the explanation that what is 'impracticable' is. From Wordnik.com. [Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?] Reference
Our crossing was thus made practicable without loss. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
United Nations and its specialized agencies wherever practicable. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Jones's, and strike the river at the most practicable crossing below. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Now this is a perfectly proper and practicable aim, but it is not a primary one. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Whilst on the defensive our line may be contracted from the right if practicable. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Replace fields as soon as practicable if worn and dusty, as a precautionary measure. From Wordnik.com. [The CDC issues a public health alert on lead in artificial turf] Reference
It is a normal expectation for charter changes to go into effect as soon as practicable. From Wordnik.com. [Henry J. Stern: Eleven Years A-Waiting] Reference
Ultimately, we need this wisdom to be practical -- practice rich so as to be practicable. From Wordnik.com. [John Thatamanil: The Religious Wisdom of Authentic Self-Love] Reference
In making discriminations all our home interests should as far as practicable be equally protected. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
After the crossing is effected, the most practicable roads will be taken to reach about Fort Powhattan. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
As a result of this expedition General Smith reported that he thought it practicable to capture Fort Heiman. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The land was so low and wet that it would not have been practicable to march an army across but for a levee. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
"The Coalition is ... going to turn sovereignty to the Iraqi people as quickly as practicable," he said recently. From Wordnik.com. [Al Amarah Blues] Reference
Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
No more potent instrumentality for this purpose has ever been conceived and no other is practicable of establishment. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
With every power we are in perfect amity, and it is our interest to remain so if it be practicable on just conditions. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
The government says it does not plan to retain ownership in GM, but will divest its stake “as soon as practicable.”. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Government Motors] Reference
The burdens of government should as far as practicable be distributed justly and equally among all classes of our population. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
I saw then that there was scarcely a chance of this ever becoming a practicable route for moving troops through an enemy's country. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
I propose, therefore, what comes nearest this of anything that seems practicable: The Army of the Potomac will act from its present base. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This movement was made for the purpose of extending our lines to the west as far as practicable towards the enemy's extreme right, or Five. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Washington and get a reply would be so great that I could not be interfered with until it was demonstrated whether my plan was practicable. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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