Sentence examples for is the pretext from inspiring English sources

The slightest gaffe is the pretext for editorials questioning her competence.

Disinformation about the war is the pretext for keeping troops and bases in Iraq.

Their reunion is the pretext for an extraordinarily graceful, good-humored, and subtly heartbreaking reflection on last chances.

It hasn't happened yet, but the idea is clear: increasingly, baseball is the pretext more than the focus.

In their pages, nudity is sometimes the table setting for fashion, and sometimes fashion is the pretext for nudity.

Showcasing Ma's handmade haute-couture line is the pretext for a triptych that begins in the vast and oppressive clothing factories of Guangdong.

It was the pretext for courtship.

"The books are not a pretext for scandal; the scandal was the pretext for the books," he said.

In 1975, fighting between different East Timorese groups was the pretext for invasion.

But Big Bang was the pretext for Barclays to become a truly global business.

Once again, that was the pretext, but not the actual cause.