Sentence examples for pretend that while from inspiring English sources

I cannot pretend that while growing up I was aware of the oppression around me, but when I left South Africa at the age of 17 and came to England, I became aware.

Now, let's pretend that while you were at Borders or Barnes & Noble with Lyrics tucked under one arm, you also wanted to buy the double or triple compact disc/DVD configuration of The Essential Paul Simon.

And all the while we pretend that we are protecting our economy from crippling carbon costs that would diminish our competitiveness.

But to pretend that we are developing, while we are merely standing in one place or sliding backwards, is no longer possible.

"But there is no shortage of countries currently bombing in Syria…the point is, there is bombing currently under way in Syria and to pretend that what is being proposed while not taking that into account is highly misleading".

So, while you pretend that you are setting education free with your model of the education system as a set of newsagents competing for business, your reflex in your pet areas of interest is to regulate, stipulate and legislate.

Trump and the GOP "will pretend that we don't exist while they work tirelessly to strip away all the gains we've made toward being equal citizens of our nation," he said.

I understand why conservatives want to rewrite history and pretend that these good things happened while a Republican was in office — or claim, implausibly, that the 1981 Reagan tax cut somehow deserves credit for positive economic developments that didn't happen until 14 or more years had passed.

While they pretend that the law is a concrete inflexible animal incapable of multiple interpretations, LGBT rights in this country continue to languish without the benefit of strong political leadership.

Some of the people said they didn't want to pretend that they were doing FGM while they were not.

Another tactic is to pretend that you're somewhere else while you're dealing with frustrating people.