Sentence examples for further pretext from inspiring English sources

In general, these leaders say, Mr. Draskovic -- who had sworn to defend Studio B, which he controlled and which was lavish in its coverage of him and his party -- is opposed to any plan of confrontation that would give Mr. Milosevic a further pretext for a general crackdown.

The second reason for getting these memos — and let's not pretend this isn't perfectly plausible — would be to selectively leak from them, to mislead the public by, say, creating phony impressions of misconduct on Comey's part that could provide more fodder for Trump and his allies to delegitimize the investigation, possibly manufacturing further pretext to hamstring or kill it.

The text in L-3 further describes the pretext to be used to start the war: "I'll let a couple of companies, dressed in Polish uniforms, make an assault in Upper Silesia or in the Protectorate". 1.

A spokesman for Media-Most, Dmitri Ostalsky, called the arrest a pretext for further curbs on press freedoms.

In turn, this would be used as a pretext for further budget cuts to state-funded schools.

"While Muslims were shocked by the violence, they saw it as a pretext to further U.S. imperial interests in the region".

We crushed them by hand in the gentle summer heat and spent solicitous afternoons over our single barrel as a pretext for further courtship.

The US also accused Russian military forces of repeatedly firing into Ukrainian territory and warned that the convoy could be a "pretext for further Russian escalation of the conflict".

Some suspect a pretext for further action by Mr Trump, who reportedly mooted an invasion several times in 2017 and says "all options" are on the table if Mr Maduro cracks down on the opposition.

Iran's supreme religious leader declared today that his nation would not take part in a campaign led by the United States, accusing Washington of using the Sept. 11 terror attacks as a pretext to further its own interests in the region.

It urged Beijing "to refrain from using this as a pretext to further and indiscriminately crack down on Uighurs as precedents suggest, and to show a measured response".