More particularly, the 14th of the "articles of capitulation" signed by Washington, Cornwallis and Rochambeau explicitly barred any departure from the agreed terms "on pretence of reprisals".
In an industry built on pretence, there was nothing phoney about her. "I never worried about that," she says, dismissing the premium put by directors on physical appearance.
Because he's comfortable in his own skin, he doesn't put on any pretences... he's a good man".
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.
Darren Goodsir, editor-in-chief, Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald The Age, always an advocate of the public's right to know, condemns the attacks on the Guardian on the pretence that it has aided enemies of the state by publishing Edward Snowden's revelations.
They started asking questions like 'Mummy, what does Daddy really do?' Inevitably, one day they turned up on the lab's doorstep, on the pretence of 'picking Daddy up with Mummy'.
"The federal National party should either introduce a bill to give landholders the right to say no to mining in the next sitting week of parliament, or give up for good on the pretence that they represent farmers on this issue.
Naturally, Mateo and Lena begin an affair, and the obsessively jealous Martel gets his highly-strung gay son from a previous marriage to spy on them with a video camera, on the pretence of preparing a "making of" segment for the DVD.
The fraudsters call people up out of the blue and pose as bank staff, police officers or other trusted organisations to persuade their victim to part with financial and personal details – often on the pretence that fraud has been detected on their account.
Boban sold a number of these skulls, on the pretence that they were of ancient Mayan or Aztec origin: one ended up in the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, and one in the British Museum.
On some pretence, such as a peace-keeping mission, thousands of troops would gather on the border.
