Sentence examples for pretext with from inspiring English sources

Billions of francs were diverted from Elf under every pretext, with the signature of my predecessor," he said in an interview, referring to Mr. Le Floch-Prigent.

The pact says Russia and China "uphold the strict observance of generally recognized principles and norms of international law against any actions aimed at exerting pressure or interfering, under any pretext, with the internal affairs of the sovereign states".

[XI] The agreeing sides uphold the strict observance of generally recognized principles and norms of international law against any actions aimed at exerting pressure or interfering, under any pretext, with the internal affairs of the sovereign states and will make active efforts in order to strengthen world peace, stability, development and cooperation.

Justinian now had his pretext, and with peace restored on his eastern frontier with Sassanid Persia in 532, he started assembling an invasion force.

"What made me want to write about pilgrimage was how capacious the concept is — it's travel as pretext, travel with motive, even if the explicit motive conceals murkier ones".

On 5 September 1960, Kasa-Vubu announced that he had unilaterally dismissed Lumumba on national radio using the massacres in South Kasai as a pretext and with the promise of American backing.

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

I am quite familiar with institutions going "all in" - defending with pretext and distraction, dishonesty and defamation.

In New York, though, the practice has been used — overwhelmingly against black and Hispanic men — on the vaguest of pretexts, often with little consideration for dignity.

Countless such operations have taken place in the decade since, under the flimsiest of pretexts and with precious little accountability or transparency.

Their pretext was one with which most Middle Eastern dictators would sympathise: security.