Sentence examples for pretext in order from inspiring English sources

The U.S. will ultimately accept a nuclear Iran, and will find another pretext in order to confront it.

We therefore condemn the EU' s attempts to use human rights as a pretext in order to reinforce its anti-grass roots and anti-democratic nature and intervene further to the detriment of the people.

Reason's Scott Shackford speculates that the Obama White House is "wagging the dog," referring to the 1997 film Wag the Dog, in which a satirical White House develops a pretext for war in order to distract the public from an embarrassing presidential sex scandal.

At one point, Gilman proposed outright deception, suggesting to Martoma that they supply the Gerson Lehrman Group with fraudulent pretexts for meetings, in order to deflect suspicion.

I greatly fear that the Bush administration will find some pretext for military action in order to set up an American-led government and gain control of Iraq's vast oil deposits.

In an ugly speech on Monday that served to divide and incite rather than find constructive solutions to racism, Mr. Ahmadinejad said the formation of the state of Israel left "an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering" in order "to establish a totally racist government in occupied Palestine".

There is also information kept secret under the pretext of national security but really in order to protect the reputation or electability of government officials.

Casey, the law professors explain, "calls for searching judicial examination of both the purpose and effect of a health-justified abortion regulation, in order to identify pretext and to ensure that the burdens imposed... are not disproportionate as compared to their health benefits".

In a twist, Thierry is required to spy on shoppers and employees alike, and his bosses want him to keep especially close tabs on his co-workers in order to provide pretexts for firings with cause, because of the near-impossibility of gaining official permission for layoffs on economic grounds.

Ayatollah Khamenei also warned judges to be mindful of how the judiciary conducted its operations "in order to avoid giving pretext to enemies or friendly criticism for challenges".

Illegally issued passports to residents of a neighbouring democracy in order to create a pretext for invasion (to "protect its citizens")?