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Definition of marriage of convenience in English: marriage of conveniencenoun A marriage that is arranged for practical, financial, or political reasons. it was a marriage of convenience, to get the woman into England Example sentencesExamples - The legislation, which comes into effect this weekend, is aimed at cracking down on marriages of convenience which permit foreigners to stay permanently in Ireland and other EU member states.
- In this modern day we seem drawn to marriages of convenience, whether it be for a passport or money.
- Well, some of these will be temporary marriages that are really marriages of convenience, that probably won't last.
- Stricter requirements have also been imposed to discourage marriages of convenience.
- ‘Many others just struck up marriages of convenience,’ he says.
- I know I'm not alone in this and came across a number of marriages of convenience (the Green Card scenario) while in the States.
- On the whole these are not marriages of convenience or cynical efforts to create cover.
- There was no happy marriage, it was a marriage of convenience and relenting of power.
- I know there are those amongst you who are in marriages of convenience.
- Nancy weds Jeremy (for visa reasons) but this marriage of convenience only brings Jeremy deeper frustration.
- And yet, many of today's romance novels deal with marriages of convenience.
- On the eve of her marriage of convenience to another man, Caroline encounters the man she really loves, along with the woman who, unknown to her, is her fiancé's discarded mistress.
- In this regard, the couple was not alone - plenty of their peers had undertaken marriages of convenience only to find emotional or physical satisfaction elsewhere.
- You know me well enough to understand that I never could have contemplated a marriage of convenience.
- Like all marriages of convenience, I'll give it two years, tops.
- This led him into a succession of alliances that were often marriages of convenience, as he tried to make his cooperative movement central to whatever form of society emerged.
- Their marriage of convenience could only end in tears.
- So, ironically, real weddings used to be for arranged marriages - marriages of convenience.
- Arranging a marriage of convenience with a girl who needs a Green Card, he finds himself caught up in events when his folks decide to attend the wedding.
- Sooner or later, friends like this are going to start contracting same-sex marriages of convenience.
Definition of marriage of convenience in US English: marriage of conveniencenoun A marriage that is arranged for practical, financial, or political reasons. it was a marriage of convenience, to get the woman into England Example sentencesExamples - In this modern day we seem drawn to marriages of convenience, whether it be for a passport or money.
- In this regard, the couple was not alone - plenty of their peers had undertaken marriages of convenience only to find emotional or physical satisfaction elsewhere.
- And yet, many of today's romance novels deal with marriages of convenience.
- Sooner or later, friends like this are going to start contracting same-sex marriages of convenience.
- So, ironically, real weddings used to be for arranged marriages - marriages of convenience.
- Arranging a marriage of convenience with a girl who needs a Green Card, he finds himself caught up in events when his folks decide to attend the wedding.
- On the whole these are not marriages of convenience or cynical efforts to create cover.
- Nancy weds Jeremy (for visa reasons) but this marriage of convenience only brings Jeremy deeper frustration.
- Their marriage of convenience could only end in tears.
- ‘Many others just struck up marriages of convenience,’ he says.
- You know me well enough to understand that I never could have contemplated a marriage of convenience.
- Like all marriages of convenience, I'll give it two years, tops.
- I know there are those amongst you who are in marriages of convenience.
- I know I'm not alone in this and came across a number of marriages of convenience (the Green Card scenario) while in the States.
- Stricter requirements have also been imposed to discourage marriages of convenience.
- This led him into a succession of alliances that were often marriages of convenience, as he tried to make his cooperative movement central to whatever form of society emerged.
- There was no happy marriage, it was a marriage of convenience and relenting of power.
- On the eve of her marriage of convenience to another man, Caroline encounters the man she really loves, along with the woman who, unknown to her, is her fiancé's discarded mistress.
- Well, some of these will be temporary marriages that are really marriages of convenience, that probably won't last.
- The legislation, which comes into effect this weekend, is aimed at cracking down on marriages of convenience which permit foreigners to stay permanently in Ireland and other EU member states.
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