Sentence examples for any pretension of from inspiring English sources

"I saw those," he said, "and gave up any pretension of doing any research for my character.

Any pretensions of sports performance are just that.

Van Garderen, however, played down any pretensions of taking over Evans's role as BMC Racing's team leader.

Neither Bierce nor Watkins harbored any pretensions of glory or romantic patriotism about the war, and I doubt Edward did either.

He gave up any pretensions of a military challenge to Israel, but refused any deal which left any Syrian territory in Israeli hands.Indeed, Mr Assad clearly saw himself as a man of principle.

Long a staple of the direct marketing industry, catalogs are the newest fad among Web merchants who, in their pursuit of profitability, have cast off any pretensions of Internet-only retailing.

When I ask him if he seeks such a role, he chastens me (not aggressively, because Abdullah is too polite to administer an enthusiastic chastening), denying any pretensions of pan-Arab leadership.

I never had any pretensions of being a very good actor.

"They don't [have a good record at Twickenham] but if they have any pretensions of being the side they think they might be, then it shouldn't hold too many terrors for them," Moore said.

This renders the concept of race, and any consequent pretension of racial superiority, scientifically inconsistent (Barbujani et al. 1997;Rosenberg et al. 2002 Destro-Bisol et al. 2010 Rosa and Brehm 2011).

Mine pressure observation shows that the cable can achieve a pretension of 100 kN, while the bolt has a pretension force of 30 40 kN generally.