Sentences with phrase «seems expedient»

Tutu did not feel particularly called; it just seemed an expedient thing to do.

Politically it seemed expedient to reduce the public's perception of uncertainty by having hundreds of co-authors agree on the danger of CO2 - induced global warming.

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Compared with the complex ecstasies which the supernaturally regenerated Christian may enjoy, or the oriental pantheist indulge in, their receipts for equanimity are expedients which seem almost crude in their simplicity.

Perhaps, but many nations do not seem willing to accept proportional or expedient ethics, either.

It quickly came to seem merely an electoral expedient, not a genuine contribution to a wider political and cultural debate.

The turnaround of the attitudes of the class seems too pat and expedient for believability, and many of the events of the film strike me as heavily embellished for the purposes of dramatic tension.

For teachers operating in contexts that feature a broad, detailed course of study and high - stakes assessments, instruction via giving may seem to offer the most expedient route.

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.

To my Japanese American eyes, the Thai perspective on relationships, violence, sex, death, religion and history seem, not surprisingly, out of whack; both naïve and wise, expedient and fanciful, callous and loving.

To me, at least, the beautifully domed building seemed dirty, corrupt, and expedient — not at all like the other monuments that dot the Mall.

This is actually a problem I have with many mice, one which has been solved by other companies through the simple expedient of introducing a curved wing for gamer's fingers to rest on, but for whatever reason this seems to be a practice not yet widely adopted.

When a city or town has just a few cyclists, we tend to be able to exist in the shady area between pedestrians and motorists, doing a little sidewalk time when the road seems dangerous, and getting on the road when necessary and / or expedient.

In fact, certain of TEPCO's actions in the aftermath of the explosions have been confused and, some might opine, lacking discipline of purpose to the extent that expedient decisions have been made without proper forethought and judiciousness to avoid knock - on consequences: for example, the injection of seawater may have resulted in salt deposits sufficient to foul cooling flows in the lower regions of the RPV [reactor pressure vessel]; the liberation of hydrogen from seawater is more rampant than from freshwater and radiolysis of oxygen from the cooling water could provide stoichiometric conditions and ignition with hydrogen in the absence of air in the containments; and the latest and most recent announcement to deploy a nitrogen purge to the Unit 1 reactor seems yet another ill - explained and unjustified desperate measure».

If not, it seems like the plaintiff is being denied rights due to rules that are, in general, arbitrary even if expedient.

In this they seem to have fallen upon a very good expedient for their own happiness and safety; for since the good or ill condition of a nation depends so much upon their magistrates, they could not have made a better choice than by pitching on men whom no advantages can bias; for wealth is of no use to them, since they must so soon go back to their own country; and they being strangers among them, are not engaged in any of their heats or animosities; and it is certain that when public judicatories are swayed, either by avarice or partial affections, there must follow a dissolution of justice, the chief sinew of society.

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Local politicians seem to have decided that unauthorized secondary suites in single family homes are an expedient way out of the problem of where to «warehouse» the multitude of people who are flocking to the big cities.