11.   Anti-abortion lawmakers, saying the measure would have no practical effect, called it a ruse.

12.   Are they hopeless romantics, or wise to the long-term practical effects of coupling up?

13.   As a practical effect, Fleder said government agencies will probably pay closer attention to writing rules to carry out laws passed by Congress.

14.   As a result of heated counseling by constituents during the recess, many legislators ought to have fresh stories about the practical effects of proposed reforms.

15.   A practical effect was to doom the changes in legal immigration, which could not survive politically on their own.

16.   A philosophical muddle devoid of practical effect.

17.   A veto would have limited practical effect, though.

18.   Abortion rights groups said the practical effect would be not only to ban abortion, but also to outlaw many common forms of contraception.

19.   Both taxes, then, would seem to have the same practical effect on the, inherently interstate, bus transportation activity.

20.   But a close reading of the bills shows that they differ in ways that could have significant practical effects for patients.