0 present participle of contrive --
1 to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: --
His skill may be judged from the fact that he made an exceedingly effective general speech while contriving, at the same time, to ventilate an important grievance in his constituency.
It is basically that he has paid for £4,000 million worth of tax reliefs to the better-off by contriving to raise prices for the average family.
They should be sagacious in contriving and dexterous in using means to get over their difficulties.
If we clearly established in law the rights of citizens, we should not be contriving formulae for trying to solve problems as they arose.
It is remarkable how, in difficult circumstances, many have established themselves and are contriving to do reasonably well.
Equally, and just as important, it is about contriving a framework where the one can operate effectively in relation to the other.
We are contriving to create a constructive vandalism that leads to the needless production of raw materials and emissions.
Therefore, our objective must be the outlawing of aggression, and the contriving of a comprehensive scheme of disarmament.
