Sentence examples for possible pretext from inspiring English sources

Humanitarian intervention is seen as a possible pretext or prelude for intervention of a more muscular nature, as in neighbouring Libya.

But critics say any battlefield use of tear gas would violate the treaty, offend crucial allies, including Britain, and hand Saddam Hussein a possible pretext for using chemical weapons against the United States.

The left, at least as we see it in government, gives the impression of not really liking the British people and so finds every possible pretext to chivvy, nudge, monitor, watch and criminalise its behaviour.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they canned this initiative the day after the merger closes, on the grounds that it actually improves their users' lives without desperately inconveniencing them at every possible pretext and then charging them to mitigate those inconveniences — and we can't have that, can we?

"Are the president and Texas politicians using this as a dog whistle and a possible pretext to suppress votes?

Many had been arrested on the slimmest possible pretext — one man was denounced by a neighbor over a  property dispute; another was a farmer who had attended a single peaceful demonstration.

Of course if possible, the pretext should be great and overwhelming – some awful stunning crime, made even more horrible by the reporters' imagination.

I know CEOs who visit Cupertino as often as possible on any pretext just to be on the radar of the App Store, as it helps when the time comes to get featured.

In our opinion, the Israeli lies are aimed at raising the level of tension in the region and give a pretext for a possible Israeli future offensive against a party in the region.

Though the plot feels weirdly scrappy and casual, there is a pleasing generosity to the way in which Ortega crams in as many songs as possible, often on the flimsiest of pretexts; if one tune slips from your memory before the next arrives, that's part of the deal.

But then Skinner has to go and meet the chef whose possible candidacy as his father formed the pretext for this trip - and the book climbs back into the harness of its plot.