Sentences with phrase «expedient so»

As for myself, it was impossible to believe that if the demon were its author, he could have used, in order to lose me and lead me to hell, an expedient so contrary to his own interests as that of uprooting my vices, and filling me with masculine courage and other virtues instead, for I saw clearly that a single one of these visions was enough to enrich me with all that wealth.»

Not exact matches

So technical debt is sort of like when you make short - term, expedient decisions in the technology that sort cost you later.

Did you know that the President at the time, John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, originally opposed the bill, but then later joined up because he realized it was politically expedient to do so?

On occasion, delusional christians with guns apparently do some alledged god's work in recruiting new inhabitants so perhaps that presents a more expedient path.

So you go on using violence, even if at first you had thought that violence would be only a temporary expedient, even if you have achieved thorough change in your own or the general political situation.

All the more so, of course, because the Church's own teaching denies him the expedient of a «double truth», and does not permit him to adapt the Church's doctrine by some de-mythologizing or other re-interpretation, in order to reconcile it with his scientific conviction.

Great — so, either these four young men never were abused, but simply saw an opportunity to shake down an individual with a questionable reputation (the «where there's smoke» strategy), and Pastor Long either caved in to the pressure, or sought an expedient route (possibly used before) to make the problem go away; OR, these really are four young men who've been abused, but rather than make the pastor answer for what he did to them in a court of law, and spare other young men in the future the trauma they experienced, they allowed their silence to be bought.

The Mormon Church also changed its views on Polygamy when it became politically expedient to do so, and guess who told them it was time to change?

Even so an incompletely regenerate man still trusts in his own expedients.

So, do you think that god is actually okay with lying if it is politically expedient, or do your think he actually meant it when he commanded «Thou shalt not bear false witness»?

One should perhaps stress here that Fish is not arguing that Milton is an idealist, in the sense of someone who believes that «thinking makes it so» and that un happy situations can be simply wished away by the cheap expedient of declaring them otherwise.

By 1826 they found it expedient to join forces with the larger American Board, so all their magnificent Indian work was united with that of the Board, and the Presbyterians worked as one with the groups supporting the Board.

So if Usmanov comes out publicly to make such comments, isn't it expedient for Wenger to defend himself by giving any good excuse he just might have for not buying the very kind of players needed?

The US and other countries previously formally recognised the Republic of China as an independent state but ceased doing so when it became more expedient to recognise the People's Republic of China.

That being the case the Lib Dems can use it — whether the agree with it or not — to pretend they have real influence in government — and the tories are not so committed to a bill they didn't put in their manifesto or the coalition agreement that they won't ditch most of it if it is expedient to do so.

So if he's trying to backtrack now, I think it shows he waited until it was politically expedient, 30 days before an election after 30 members of Congress who are running jumped off the Trump train.

Trump has urged GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make use of that explosive expedient, though McConnell has so far resisted.

It is always dangerous dealing with people who may be intelligent without depth, shrewd without vision, jocular without humour.People whose friends don't like him and courageously describe them as cold and pompous.We heard Kennedy Agyepong openly insult every soul in the Npp including the flagbearer, we heard him call on Akans to wipe off Gas and Ewes from Ghana and heard Osafo Marfo one personality I hitherto admired so much, declare citizens from some particular regions unfit to occupy the executive seat.Nana did not find these inhuman and obnoxious outbursts as insulting, didn't find it expedient bringing these henchmen to order.We heard Ursula who is a spiritual confidant of Nana painfully say on public platform that had it not been free education, many of our northern appointees would have been managers of cows not human beings.This was how far people who are very close to him went.Antwi another close associate courageously referred to Fantes as «fickle minded» fit only for concert shows.

The UK has a progressive, radical government with an intense and urgent programme of reform, so passing bills unimpeded in the second chamber would be expedient.

I would not mind so much if I thought this expedient was temporary, or that it would work.

But I presume he expects the Tories to win the general election and the phrase «I would not mind so much if I thought this expedient was temporary» clearly implies that he thinks it won't be.

If it falls upon you to consider staffing reductions or service cuts to meet a completely arbitrary, but politically expedient, goal then so be it.

Should the attitude of being a mature opposition, supporting the Government when it is doing the right thing, be scrapped in favour of bashing Labour whenever it might be politically expedient to do so?

It can only be good for the nation that corruption is exposed; and while it will not be expedient, if permissible, to dramatise court proceedings, being reminded of them could be of effect, more so that now both the government and the opposition are revealing secrets.

«Wine grapes have been grown wherever it has been expedient to do so,» Hannah said.

So, all of the Republicans» talk about giving parents the right to choose is a politically expedient strategy, regardless of whether voucher or tax credit supporters truly believe this policy is best for children.

There will be no help from her unless it becomes politically expedient for her to do so.

«First, Corvette is the tip of GM's technological spear, so racing production - based Corvettes was the most expedient way to accelerate the transfer of technology from racing to production,» Fehan said.

Honda fitted a 7 - inch screen it calls Display Audio in the same space by the expedient of lopping off the already - not - so - big buttons including ones marked Audio, Phone, Map, Zoom In, Zoom Out.

How to avoid the slush pile is a question often asked because it is indeed an annoying and unnecessary great waste of time when so much garbage is pushed, but for which it seems there is currently no expedient solution.

Of the four men in the room — Conistone, Adam Dalgliesh, Assistant Commissioner Harkness and a fresh - faced boy from MI5 who had been introduced as Colin Reeves — Conistone, the one most concerned with the matter in hand, had so far said the least while Reeves, preoccupied with the effort of remembering what was being said without the humiliating expedient of being seen to take notes, hadn't yet spoken.

So the real question is, why aren't our elected representatives willing to forgo a portion of that undeniably enticing, politically expedient short - term profitability in favor of fixing a $ 1.2 trillion problem?

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Crossroads, in other words, is like a very light game creation mode that is set up to be an expedient process so you can quickly set out on your adventure.

So it was purely a practical expedient to deal with an impossible situation.

So irony was both a perfect expedient and ripe timing for American art despite the fact that Abstract Expressionists had finally gained international status — but the movement itself had only lasted for a decade or sSo irony was both a perfect expedient and ripe timing for American art despite the fact that Abstract Expressionists had finally gained international status — but the movement itself had only lasted for a decade or soso.

The leaders in my not - so - great generation wish to live without having to accept limits to growth of seemingly endless economic globalization, increasing per capita consumption and skyrocketing human population numbers; their desires are evidently insatiable; they choose to believe anything that is politically convenient, economically expedient and socially agreeable; and they act accordingly.

It is expedient to believe something so there is no challenge to your own conventional wisdom That is what I see around here.

The question for us to consider is whether we possess the political will and moral courage to do things other than continue down the politically convenient and economically expedient «primrose path» so adamantly and relentlessly pursued by too many leaders of the global economy.

They have never not, to my knowledge, «specified what metrics, time - frame and accuracy they find important to make effective policy,» they have adopted knee - jerk, ineffective policies in response to the scare stories they were fed, and have generally found it expedient to do so.

This is because it is a relatively straightforward calculation to predict the boil - down time to when the fuel is uncovered (several days) at which the risk of hydrogen generation and deflagration occurs, so just why the simple and obvious expedient of providing cooling water via a temporary pump (i.e. a fire tender) was not implemented by TEPCO in a timely manner is baffling.

By actually «fixing» the system so that there are more panel members to hear refugee claims, faster processing times for refugee applications, and by creating a more expedient removals process, the system itself will no longer be seen as a means for prolonging a stay in Canada indefinitely.

Before the UK's accession to Europe in 1973, if the government of the day thought it just or expedient to either restrict access to or to limit the level compensation extended to uninsured drivers then it could do so, and with impunity.

As this article, from Working Mother magazine describes, law firms are more willing to accommodate flexible schedules these days — not necessarily out of noble motives, but because it's financially expedient to do so.

Public nuisance As to public nuisance, the Court of Appeal noted the observations of Lords Justices Schiemann and Keene in the «instructive» Zain case (Nottingham City Council v. Zain [2001] EWCA Civ 1248) where Schiemann LJ had considered it to be ``... within the proper sphere of a local authority's activities to try and put an end to all public nuisances in its area provided always that it considers that it is expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of its area to do so in a particular case».

This means that law firms have to learn to be agile — not just in terms of flexible working, but also the ability to shift their IT strategy very quickly when it is necessary or expedient to do so without losing user engagement.

So the fact that a patented invention or an application may not pass the broadest reasonable expedient does not mean that the inventor has not claimed a patentable invention.

A little used procedure exists: the Senior Courts Act 1981, s 70 (1), under the heading «Assessors and scientific advisers», provides: «In any cause or matter before the High Court the court may, if it thinks it expedient to do so, call in the aid of one or more assessors specially qualified, and hear and dispose of the cause or matter wholly or partially with their assistance».

If a dispute involves a number of defendants based in different European Union member states, the English Court will have jurisdiction to determine the matter against all defendants if (a) one defendant is domiciled in England and (b) the claims against the various defendants are so closely connected that it is expedient to hear them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments.

Such provisional measures are ordinarily granted only in circumstances where it would be expedient to do so and there is a sufficient jurisdictional link to England; for example, if the assets are located in England or the defendant resides in England.