"On a practical basis, operations have been under Edwards's control for two years."

On a purely practical basis, I don't to lose the last 15 years, the house, shared friends and the kids' future.

I deal with them on a purely practical basis.

Whether Fran's anxieties spring from any practical basis is never made clear.

Such convictions became the practical basis of a radical new social structure.

There seems no logical, practical or even rational basis for this policy.

There was, however, a practical basis for his idea.

There was little practical basis for achieving such an understanding between the European powers, however.

Very well; I'll put it on a more practical basis.

Office politics has also been described as "simply how power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis."