I'm not suggesting that the spiral design was driven purely by pragmatics, only that it serves pragmatic needs.

This would meet the pragmatic need for the "greatest good for the greatest number."

His ideas draw as much on the architect's psyche as on pragmatic needs.

Design and development of existing and upcoming library support is driven by the pragmatic needs of the user base.

Once Mr. Gluckman delves into the pragmatic needs of each client, he begins to grasp how a sensitive design could benefit the client's art.

The conciliatory approach of the Ramos administration was in part based on the pragmatic need to increase political stability in order to bolster investor confidence.

Also a factor was the Turkish Government's pragmatic need to develop which overwhelmed fears of imperialism.

And so I stand with those who see not just the nobility of, but the pragmatic need for, fusing the citizen with the poet.

I vote out of a pragmatic need to keep the Tories out...

It is difficult enough, he said, keeping his emotions separate from the pragmatic needs of wrangling with lawmakers over issues that have so dramatically changed his life.