Sentence examples for pretext that the from inspiring English sources

In 1398 Timur invaded India on the pretext that the Muslim sultans of Delhi were showing excessive tolerance to their Hindu subjects.

Under the pretext that the Emperor intended to drive him from Rome, Gregory excommunicated Frederick for the second time on Palm Sunday, March 20 , 1239

Emmanuel is taken by his mother from one village to the next in the south, each time under the pretext that the new destination will be safer.

One such recent funeral was held on the pretext that the fallen fighter had died in a car crash in Jordan, and not, as had actually happened, in fighting in Aleppo, according to a local intelligence officer.

Within a matter of days, all of them — almost two hundred thousand people — were evicted from their homes, loaded onto trains, and sent to Central Asia, on the pretext that the community had collaborated with the Nazi occupation of Crimea.

"France does not lock away a woman's body, France does not hide half of its population under the fallacious and hateful pretext that the other half fears it will be tempted".

Essentially, the program is a staged suite with a pretext that sometimes collides with the spirit of the dances.

Theatresports, a form originated by Keith Johnstone and now practiced around the world, involves improvisation around various competitive "game" pretexts that are judged by the audience.

The US has maintained its crushing boycott under the laughable pretexts that Havana holds 200 political prisoners and is Communist.

It is critical that Israel give the Egyptians no pretext that justifies the diminution of Israel-Egypt ties.

Röhm was taken by Hitler personally from a hotel near Munich on the pretext that he and the SA were preparing a putsch.