Sentence examples for temporary expedients from inspiring English sources

But Rome regarded these as temporary expedients, and none outlasted the Flavian Period (69 96).

But these seem like temporary expedients: lending the countries money for extended periods at rates neither can afford.

Various other designs have been tried since, but all were seen as temporary expedients intended to tide a patient over until the real thing became available from a human donor.That may be about to change.

The temporary expedients resorted to by President Obama are just that -- temporary and disregarding of the energy and dispatch our founders intended the presidential office to possess.

Human rights abuses are almost always justified as a temporary expedient prompted by a security crisis.

This was a temporary expedient, the authority says, but even so it did not inspire confidence.

A truss is usually a temporary expedient and is seldom used as a substitute for surgical care.

Although this was initially a temporary expedient, by the 15th century it had become a permanent institution.

He remained a conservative republican, however, viewing economic controls as a temporary expedient and opposing social welfare measures favoured by the Parisian lower classes.

The stability facility, created as a temporary expedient with a three-year span, may be extended and evolve into a permanent crisis-resolution mechanism.

The rule of a city-state by one man was no longer seen as a strange and temporary expedient but as a normal aspect of life.