Sentence examples for on false pretences from inspiring English sources

Daniel Day Lewis According to Harvey Weinstein, Day-Lewis was taking time off to work as a cobbler in Florence when the Hollywood super-producer teamed up with director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio to lure him back to New York "on false pretences" so they could persuade him to play Bill the Butcher in 2002's Gangs of New York.

She got out of prison on false pretences".

An earlier version said about 160,000 asylum seekers were estimated to have been admitted to Sweden on false pretences.

The prime minister of the nation that went to war on false pretences complains about a lack of respect for parliament and antisocial behaviour.

The employee badges were believed to use the logo of a Norwegian security company, Special Interventions Group (SIG), on false pretences.

This is the latest instance of Washington dangling the Iranian menace to persist in its disastrous course in Iraq, starting with its illegal invasion of the country on false pretences.

I lured him there on 25 February under false pretences and, just as he began to suspect that something was up, I went for it.

To take money from people on any false pretence is criminal.

Byron confirmed it facilitated the raid at the Home Office's request but refused to respond to claims that it set up staff meetings on the false pretence they were for health and safety training.

As president, he has of course shown an enormous willingness to send others into combat, justified on what turned out to be false pretences.

Last week, Kerviel's lawyer David Koubbi filed a suit against SocGen for obtaining a verdict under false pretences and said on Friday he planned to file a second lawsuit.