But their puppyish romance is the trivial pretext for the war rather than its true cause.
(The pretext for the conflict is miners' need for work).
The formal pretext for the decision is that Dynasty is funded from Zimin's bank accounts abroad.
The official pretext for the emergency laws is the country's state of war with Israel.
The charge of illegal transport of a banned material was a pretext for the arrests.
The formal pretext for the dance is complex, but Mr. Taylor coats the pill.
"The medical pretext for the transfer disappeared once they found the money," Mr. Gaxiola said.
The pretext for the expansion is, as usual, the "war on drugs".
Part of the Kremlin's pretext for the invasion of Ukraine has been to "protect" Russians from "fascists".
The pretext for the murder was that Mrs. McFarland, who had recently divorced her husband, had agreed to marry Richardson.
A collective curiosity about the mysterious Howard provides a gossamer-thin pretext for the characters' continual assembling in Olive's apartment.
