Sadly, his desire to serve his new master is not always matched by a sufficient amount of practical know-how.

Old furniture and junk-shop finds can be given a new lease of life with a little tender loving care and a certain amount of practical know-how.

Nathan Leventhal, president of Lincoln Center, and Beverly Sills, the chairwoman, praised Mr. Redden's understanding of the arts and his "practical know-how."

They "want to teach ethics and educate more Americans," he said, but at the same time, they also want to provide the practical know-how that corporations need.

Good practical know-how.

What they need, apart from encouragement, is a little practical know-how about the job they are taking on, to enable them to tackle it with confidence.

I had returned to Monticello to get a little inspiration and practical know-how for my own kitchen garden.

Since he helped form it in 1982, the alliance has given legal and institutional support, practical know-how and a collective voice to more than 1,500 land trusts around the country.

Under this program, the students are trained to be well versed in the practical and technical know-how of installing/setting-up of computers and computer networks.

'Another successful marriage of advanced theor- etics and practical know-how, Mr Einstein.'