adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pragmatic approach (= dealing with problems in a way that is not limited by a strict set of principles )
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a pragmatic approach to management problems
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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In the practical application of his theory Acton became much more pragmatic .
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Poetic, evocative, black-and-white footage alternates with a more pragmatic , colorful picture of the family today.
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He shared Pearse's ideal of a Free Ireland, but his methods were slightly more pragmatic .
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His actual policy was far more pragmatic than his rhetoric about punishing aggression.
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Their priorities would have been quite different - more mundane, more limited in scope, more pragmatic .
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In the event, Heseltine encouraged a much more pragmatic approach, centred on project development.
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This was a more pragmatic statement than Curriculum 11-16.
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The other inhibition is more pragmatic: fear of unlimited losses on short positions that might result from a sudden market rally.
very
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He tends to be very pragmatic .
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In the end the mission controllers took the very pragmatic view that they may as well continue the mission to the Moon.
■ NOUN
approach
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Unfortunately, there are two huge problems which modify the useful applicability of this pragmatic approach .
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This could be regarded as a pragmatic approach to the design of devices for the organization of knowledge by subject.
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Their function is to stimulate a pragmatic approach to teaching and teacher education.
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In the event, Heseltine encouraged a much more pragmatic approach , centred on project development.
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I emphasise the development of entrepreneurial skills and decentralisation, the importance of business and pragmatic approaches .
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Teachers' perceptions about reading instruction often derive from a pragmatic approach rather than from a theoretical background.
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Its acceptance will be helped by the pragmatic approach that Tao Systems is taking in integrating its baby with existing systems.
reason
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The ability of a new church to break through prejudice is a second, more pragmatic reason for planting churches today.
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There is a more pragmatic reason .
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There are often pragmatic reasons for the preference of certain types of conjunction and the frequency with which conjunctions are used in general.
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It originally existed for pragmatic reasons .
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The pragmatic reason is the constraint on our ability to make a precise forecast of what will be required.
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Leaving justice aside, however, there are good pragmatic reasons for concern.
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There are generally two pragmatic reasons for knowing the strength of a material.
theory
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It can also elucidate some of the vaguer notions of pragmatic theory .
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It is by no means so obvious what the input and output of a pragmatic theory should be.
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The importance of pragmatic theories in language learning is really twofold.
view
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At first glance, therefore, concessive holists appear to take a purely pragmatic view of the relations between holism and individualism.
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In the end the mission controllers took the very pragmatic view that they may as well continue the mission to the Moon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pragmatic considerations led the government to abandon pure Marxist policies.
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Our nation needs to take a pragmatic approach to lowering trade barriers.
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We need a pragmatic approach to sex education in schools.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Corporate and commercial law seemed a pragmatic choice, an important place to start.
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He or she is a pragmatic dreamer, a person with an original but attainable vision.
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It rejects pragmatic gradualism in favour of grand design: its ideas are described as a Vision of 2005.
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Its acceptance will be helped by the pragmatic approach that Tao Systems is taking in integrating its baby with existing systems.
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Some time ago, Mattie had told her that she was a dreamer-not pragmatic .
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The state consequently relied heavily upon instruments of repression and pragmatic administrative management.
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Unfortunately, there are two huge problems which modify the useful applicability of this pragmatic approach.