Sentence examples for for reasons of expediency from inspiring English sources

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

An inhabitant of Iraq, he was converted to Islam in his old age (for reasons of expediency, according to his biographers).

He described him as a victim of a "cruel compromise for reasons of expediency" — a fall guy who satisfied both Washington's desire for a culprit and Moscow's desire that Russia be kept distant from any hint of involvement in the murder.

As Alan Travis reports, Orde told the Acpo conference: "We understand the government's determination to deliver a substantial programme of reforms across the public sector, but we cannot afford to get policing wrong and, unless greater clarity emerges in the very near future, I fear we run the risk of compromising the safety of citizens for reasons of expediency".

Instead, -ish may be chosen for reasons of expediency, or cuteness.

For reasons of expediency that he cannot truly justify, he chose to take his HuffPost bio photo with a camera-phone.

But for reasons of political expediency they have stayed aloof.

He is also seen as unpredictable, changing positions for reasons of political expediency.

But, again, they could be justified for reasons of political expediency.

"We all lose if, for reasons of political expediency, Indians rebury their past.

But there was a well-considered public veneer that he presented for reasons of political expediency.