Logically, the main language of the EU ought to be English, a fact admitted by a growing number of corporations in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden that hold board meetings in English for purely practical reasons.

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For most Japanese (data suggest over 80 percent), English is of little practical use.

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Although this book is written in slightly mannered mandarin English, Sir David's practical knowledge, common sense and decency shine through.

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The consultation paper "sets out proposals to remove or reduce the language support given to non-English speaking candidates taking theory and practical driving tests".

BBC: Driving test translations and interpreters may face axe

Mr Szymanski, a Scunthorpe United fan, insists that practical rather than sentimental concerns led him to test this idea in the English football leagues.

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This was accompanied by a proprietorial admission that French has decisively lost the battle for status as the world language and that English is now the established global means of communication, for practical matters and for a growing range of cultural ones.

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The Workshop conducted in English will allow a detailed presentation and discussion of Case Studies and practical experiences in and around Biosphere Reserves in the region.

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Straightness and abstraction, he insists ignoring countless scientists and thinkers starting with Newton and Locke are not English, any more than lofty theorising is: Englishness is about muddle, practical experiment, miniaturising and embarrassed detachment from the act of creation in all its forms.

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For a plain-English explanation of how GRATs and other estate planning opportunities work, see Estate Planning Smarts: A Practical, User-Friendly Action-Oriented Guide, the bestselling book by Deborah L. Jacobs .

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