Sentence examples for as pretext for from inspiring English sources

Syria responded that Western powers were whipping up fears about chemical as "pretext for intervention".

The refusal of Elam in 647 to extradite an Aramaean prince was used as pretext for a new attack that drove deep into its territory.

In 1870 the Austrian government used the promulgation of the dogma of papal infallibility as pretext for the total abrogation of the concordat.

Western powers are whipping up fears about chemical weapons in Syria as "pretext for intervention", according to Syria's deputy foreign minister.

A shared affirmation of "sovereignty" — when it means blocking universal human rights and democracy promotion, which China and Russia view as pretext for advancing U.S. state interests — does impart a certain emotional bond.

Conrad von Hötzendorf saw the deed as pretext for his preventive war against Serbia, but the aged emperor Franz Joseph preferred to await an inquiry to determine the extent of Serbian complicity.

Or they can serve as pretexts for a panoramic production with only a slight plot, but lots of lively dancing.

A Taiwanese shrimp boat, the Cleveland Clinic, the Cheyenne Mountain Norad base and the "braying jocularity" of a private club offer more opportunities for plot enrichment, but Buckley seems to have the most fun using them as pretexts for amusing asides.

The boys arrived in an America that was going through its own post-Civil War transformation, and Leibovitz and Miller use the newcomers' experiences as pretexts for discourses on extraneous subjects.

Pop songwriters tend to identify with spacemen or think of rockets as big hot rods; instrumental composers used interstellar subjects as pretexts for daring harmonies and avant-garde noises.

Netanyahu made the claim – which he also made in 2012 – to illustrate what he said was the Palestinian history of using holy sites in Jerusalem as pretexts for committing acts of violence against Jews.