Sentence examples for on grounds of expediency from inspiring English sources

But then this is offered on grounds of expediency not cogency.

He said that he was a libertarian philosophically, but a member of the U.S. Republican Party for the sake of "expediency" ("I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R.' And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle").

The report accepts that the organisation has opted for "non-violent incremental change on the grounds of expediency".

The justification for the elimination of proof of criminal intent in such cases is ordinarily made on the grounds of expediency.

But the Watergate papers show conclusively that these decisions were taken on the grounds of expediency, and never really rejected because they were considered wrong.

There is a warning here for America and the Western world in general against allowing, for reasons of national interest or social expediency, the rule of law to be abridged or set aside or any group to be denied full respect on grounds of sex, race or political status.

Both were dismissed on grounds of disloyalty.

Ms. Nelson sued on grounds of sex discrimination.

And both are routinely excused the inexcusable, on the grounds of political expediency.

Second, having taking an uncompromising stand on Serbia's full cooperation with the ICTY as a precondition for membership, it would not look good for EU members to demand that their own actions be exempt from legal scrutiny on the grounds of political expediency.

His country needed him to publicly and explicitly act on his firmest convictions, not bend them on the altar of expediency.