Sentence examples for pretext for pursuing from inspiring English sources

"The use of civilian nuclear energy, which is perfectly legitimate, must not serve as a pretext for pursuing activities that could actually be aimed at building up a military nuclear arsenal," Mr. Chirac said Monday.

"We hear from time to time that drone aircraft have killed half a village in Pakistan and Afghanistan under the pretext of pursuing terrorists," Mr. Salah said.

An optional reason for pursuing ordination.

He said that in demanding stringent new terms for the inspections, the United States was not interested in discovering hidden weapons programs, as it claimed, but in seeking a pretext for a new war with Iraq that would allow President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain to pursue their declared aim of "regime change".

The taboo was a pretext for extortion.

It was the pretext for courtship.

Could there be a better pretext for a disaster movie?

This later became a pretext for defending "Russia's citizens".

Any provocation could easily become a pretext for renewed conflict.

"The books are not a pretext for scandal; the scandal was the pretext for the books," he said.

(The pretext for the conflict is miners' need for work).