Sentence examples for an additional pretext for from inspiring English sources

Everything that happened during the fateful last weekk provided the N. Vietnamese with an additional pretext for seizing the capital at once; they didn't have to fight their way in or conduct any political negotiations.

Could there be a better pretext for a disaster movie?

The photographs are in some cases merely a pretext for a collage about a wedding or a barbecue.

Seropositivity is not a pretext for an ongoing disease but a measure of exposure.

In contrast, food inspectors cannot use their authority to inspect a restaurant kitchen as a pretext for searching the lockers of restaurant employees.

The search, though, is a great pretext for discovering a fabulous stretch of lush, wild scenery, and wonderfully hospitable people.

Whatever African heritage they might have in common, it seems a thin pretext for their sharing a program.

Iranian leaders angrily denounced the report as a pretext for a military attack, and warned of a massive retaliation.

Mr Yunus says this is just a pretext for a power grab.

Palestinians retort that these security concerns are a pretext for a land grab (see article).

Leaders in China and the United States were looking for a pretext for a détente, and suddenly, they had it.