Sentence examples for expedient to lay from inspiring English sources

President Clinton, Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, all find it politically expedient to lay the blame on differences with regard to Jerusalem, but the actual problem is much deeper and even less amenable to solution.

His view on this — he would have warmed to the title of Tolstoy's fable "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" had he been familiar with it — changed only after the rental market exploded in the 80's, when contributing to the purchase of places for his children and grandchildren to lay their heads seemed like the financially expedient thing to do.

The relationships that mean the most to them emotionally often cause them to lie or shape the "truth" in expedient ways.

If Romney wins Ohio, every campaign in future elections is going to give much more serious consideration to lying and to open defiance of media rebuttals as a legitimate campaign expedient.

Be prepared to lie, lie, lie.

Two of the principals in these collisions-the Andrea Doria & the Constitution-were going lickety-split through dense fog, trusting to radar to keep them out of trouble; the 4th, the freighter, was adopting the old-fashioned expedient of lying to, which is no expedient in these days, when everybody else is in motion.

When it's politically expedient to utilize virtues like honor, sacrifice, and loyalty, then Republicans will cover-up the death of a patriot, or lie to promote "false heroics".

Then, in the games, it becomes expedient to pretend she's in love with Peeta – expedient but deeply confusing.

Only moderately successful, he found it expedient to support the Roman commune's expansionist policies.

Mr Prodi called it a short-term expedient to allow longer-term measures to be enacted.

It was seen as expedient to enlist them in an effort to heighten tax compliance.