Примеры devious

• Nevertheless, however devious, the stratagems chosen by a contender must at least bear the appearance of conformity with the implicit norms of the argumentative game.

• Faced with limitations on rents and increasing regulation, private landlords either tried to avoid the effects of regulation by devious means or sold up, often to their tenants.

• He even went so far as to state that he believed large rewards spurred the devious to raise fires so that they could claim the reward.

• There has been a technical problem, so no one was being devious; there was just a technical hitch.

• I believe it is the most devious and heinous threat that faces the world and especially the world economies.

• The question is whether majorities have to be obtained in this devious way in such an important matter.

• They have to be escorted along their devious routes, and they are a menace to those responsible for the upkeep of bridges and the like.

• I am not being devious in saying that people will deliberately get round the provision.