Sentence examples for any pretence that from inspiring English sources

Let's hope that ends any pretence that shareholders look after companies.

The Bill abandons any pretence that they did".

But this year China has in effect dropped any pretence that it has a serious role.

There's no longer any pretence that it can compete with Facebook as a social network.

Any pretence that the government was trying to protect the poor has dropped".

This allows Pappy's to address the audience directly: there's never any pretence that they're anywhere but right here, right now.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the convoy was a "pretence", that allowed Russia to encroach on Ukraine through unauthorised means.

"It's purely a pretence that Britain is an independent nuclear power.

Aside from smirkily delivered one-liners, there is no longer any serious pretence that this is a government that wants to do anything other than balance the books on the backs of the poor.

But now it is this pretence that is a lie.

Did the pernicious pretence that is the humanitarian awards industry finally implode last week, at a ceremony to give Tony Blair a "global legacy" gong?