Sentence examples for element of expediency from inspiring English sources

That this was a genuine impulse there can be no doubt, even if there was an element of expediency in his becoming baptized, early in 1897, because it made it easier for him to be appointed to the Vienna Opera post.

The elements fell together in part for the sake of expediency and in part because, according to Wisnom, "neither Tom [Stell] or I realized the other was joking".

And of expediency.

It was totally out of expediency.

The whiff of malfeasance, of expediency, breaks the unspoken covenant.

Others see it as the triumph of expediency over principle.

At times, his language is just a matter of expediency.

But that smacks of expediency being allowed to trump principle.

For reasons of expediency, Mr Rafsanjani is a liberaliser, and he is good at clearing logjams.

The pattern of behaviour speaks of something deeper than the demands of expediency.

Others, though, complained that the event sacrificed artistic potency for the sake of expediency.