Sentence examples for pretext for protecting from inspiring English sources

But, noted the judge, keeping banks Italian was in effect a pretext for protecting the flow of large and illicit profits.The new governor's first test could be to rule on another controversial takeover fight, for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL).

Sometimes estates were made depots for military supplies on the pretext of protecting them from the depredations of local warriors, and half their yearly taxes were given to the shugo.

"The people of Poland and the peoples of the Soviet Union paid a horrible price in the 20th Century, for a war that started on the pretext of protecting national minorities.

("For to infringe on one right under the pretext of protecting another is a betrayal of both").

European governments, for instance, could use it to protect inefficient farmers from American competition on the pretext of protecting consumer health.

For the first time in history, Shia fighters cross borders to fight in jihad, as happened in Syria under the pretext of protecting Shia shrines.

"Now it is Libya's turn, under the pretext of protecting civilians.

These ill-conceived laws are based on the pretext of protecting health, but they do anything but that.

In 1841 he was promoted to captain and was given command of the ship "Victorieuse" bound for the Far East, where he participated in an attack (1847) upon the port of Tourane (now Da Nang) on the pretext of protecting the French Catholic mission there.

People fear that under the pretext of protecting investments, multinationals are attacking legislation that was enacted to protect public health, public services and the environment.

In 1951 the French encouraged a tribal rebellion against him, and, on the pretext of protecting him, they surrounded his palace with troops.