Sentence examples for pretext about from inspiring English sources

First, EI's founder, Julia Hobsbawm, had to rescue the trophy from Wolf on a pretext about it requiring a polish.

"As for their weak pretexts about fabricated crimes committed by Sudan, we can discuss it with them after they bring those who committed the atrocities and massacres in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq to the court implicated for the same crimes, but ones that are not fabricated, but rather proven with documents and incidents," Mr. Assad added.

In Britain, it became another pretext for rants about Muslim barbarism, and fresh assaults on the straw man of "multiculturalism".

The oversight board maintained that the doubled bonus was a pretext to siphon about $30,000 in members' dues to finance Mr. Brennan's re-election.

Before their pub debut, Laura Ashworth (Tania Emery), a journalist who has gotten wind of their existence, is allowed into the inner circle on the pretext of writing about the exploitation of the disabled.

David Hughes, a governor at Park View school for 15 years, wrote an open letter to Michael Gove and condemned "the witch-hunt against the most successful school of its characteristics in Birmingham … under the pretext of concerns about extremism and threats to the education of our pupils".

In 1997, under the pretext of concern about mad cow disease, Ratsiraka obstructed Ravalomanana's plans to build a farm stocked with imported high-yield milk cows.

Sen. McCain was wrong both about the pretext for attacking Iraq, and wrong about the response of the people of Iraq who did not seem to rejoice at being attacked.

"Black Swan" is no more about the behavior of ballerinas than its central pretext, "Swan Lake," is about the habits of birds.

The photographs are in some cases merely a pretext for a collage about a wedding or a barbecue.

Don't know about the pretext, but it's always a good idea to listen to Hank Jones.