Sentence examples for based on expediency from inspiring English sources

This tenet, based on expediency more than principle, has shielded all members, notably Indonesia, from criticism from their neighbours.

Russian historiography characterizes that agreement as the reunification of Ukraine with Russia; the Ukrainians interpret it as an alliance based on expediency.

In Kenya, politicians often switch parties based on expediency, and so now many parliamentarians are scratching their heads trying to get around the legal requirement that — gasp — politicians serve the parties from which they were elected.

He was particularly concerned with tone color: he advised that "The player should cultivate a seismograph-like sensitivity to brusque changes of tone colour caused by fingerings based on expediency and comfort rather than the composer's manifest or probable intentions".

Until now, the President's position has been based on political expediency.

It is high time the project was halted and a proper review of the country's transport requirements compelled, rather than making decisions based on political expediency".

"An artificial timetable based on political expediency would have led to disaster and could still turn success into defeat," Mr. McCain said.

McCain has since welcomed the idea in a general way, though he also said, "An artificial timetable based on political expediency would have led to disaster and could still turn success into defeat".

But too often the changes introduced were ill-judged and based on financial expediency or a vision no longer entirely in tune with what its own staff believed the World Service should be doing.

"His record demonstrates what I view as a steadfast opposition to policies that diminish US power and influence throughout the world, as well as a recent trend of policy reversals that seem based on political expediency rather than on core beliefs," he said.

This led to decisions based on political expediency rather than economic rationality.