Exactly. Fit them in or on the car how you can, and if someone has a problem with it, well, look into fixing it then, but til then, live it up with bent/cut/whatever plates.
I know it's not right, but as i said, it's better than having no plates on the car at all. And unless you get someone who is trying to enforce the law down to the letter, you're usually pretty okay with them as long as they are on the front, and back, and pretty visible.