Sentence examples for deception that would from inspiring English sources

But perjury requires a specific legal standard of deception that would have to be met, and prosecuted.

While her skipper was claiming to be "somewhere off Cape Town", the Teignmouth Electron was actually sailing past Brazil weeks behind the race leaders, a deception that would be impossible today.

"But I don't think it creates a judicable legal issue," he added, "because I don't know that it rises to a level of deception that would pique the interest of a regulator".

Further, at no point does Bozell and the MRC provide a copy of, or otherwise link to, Smith's original letter, presumably lest his readers learn about the deception that Bozell would rather keep on the down-low.

In fact, the story of the CIA's involvement in Hollywood is a tale of deception and subversion that would seem improbable if it were put on screen.

He had produced a double deception, without a pause that would alert the declarer.

The group Conservatives for Energy Freedom is blasting Americans for Prosperity for what it called a "campaign of deception" against a ballot initiative that would make it easier for businesses and individuals to install rooftop solar energy.

It is clear from the results of the pilot study that it was the sex offenders' belief that the polygraph would detect deception that led to the increase in disclosures.

The idea was that the eleven-point game would keep matches moving apace; at the same time, the bigger ball would slow down individual points, and be easier to see on television; and the service rule would eliminate the deception that had caused tournament play to follow a monotonous pattern: confusing serve, confused return, slam.

test, a small group of American scientists, inventors and social reformers pursued the dream of a mechanical device that would separate truth from deception by recording involuntary bodily responses like blood pressure and pulse rate.

I was afraid of two things: First, that a false feeling of comfort and safety would ensnare me -- a deception that couldn't possibly last longer than the length of the tape.