The sale was supposed to last for a week, but for all practical purposes it's over.

减价销售原来持续一周, 然而实际上已经束了。

Your daughter does so little work at school, Mrs Brown, that for all practical purposes she might as well not be here at all.

布朗太太，您的女儿几么学习，她实际上根本用来上学了。