Sentence examples for expedient of the from inspiring English sources

The expedient of the rollers, like that of the words that Wool proceeded to paint, suggests the ledges to which a rock climber clings by his fingernails.

The initial expedient of the Philadelphia association had been to organize subsidiary associations, but during the war the churches, left to their own devices, proceeded to organize independent associations.

Let the compromising expedient of the Constitution be mutually adopted, which regards them as inhabitants, but as debased by servitude below the equal level of free inhabitants, which regards the SLAVE as divested of two fifths of the MAN.

Let the compromising expedient of the Constitution be mutually adopted, which regards them as inhabitants, but as debased by servitude below the equal level of free inhabitants, which regards the slave as divested of two fifth of the man.

These foreign purchases of our debt were not an act of faith in the almighty dollar as much as a simple expedient of the export-driven model of economic development that has become the norm across the world.

The row was defused by the simple expedient of putting the plan to the Argentinians first, who refused to accept the terms.

Electrification was finally completed in 1986, the line was electrified using 750 V DC third rail using standard rolling stock, and the expedient of singling the track through the narrow tunnels.

To voice a piano, a skilled worker adjusts the timbre of the instrument by the simple expedient of pricking the felt hammers with needles until a unified quality has been achieved throughout the range of the instrument.

The Barclays took control of the Green family's 25% stake by the simple expedient of acquiring the Cypriot holding company in whose name the shares were registered.

Instead, however, the band win the crowd around, by the simple expedient of playing the hits, with Haim as guest backing vocalists: Loaded, Rocks, Come Together.

Britain was not a direct partner in the talks, upholding its official stance of not negotiating with kidnappers by the expedient of having the Iraqi government sound out options.