Sentence examples for pretexts for a from inspiring English sources

Or they can serve as pretexts for a panoramic production with only a slight plot, but lots of lively dancing.

"Within Outer Spaces" made science and technology the pretexts for a galaxy of magic tricks and dancing.

Popular uprisings abroad, like sensitive political anniversaries or big events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics at home, offer pretexts for a round-up of the usual suspects.

All of which are pretexts for a convulsive mating of construction and nature, in which it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other starts.

Mr. Moussavi said little in his statement about the mission and activities of the new movement, perhaps to avoid giving pretexts for a further crackdown and to keep its potential membership as broad as possible.

Raising and efficiently allocating capital for businesses and households are mere pretexts for a financial system that is now focused on reaping profits from high-frequency trading and sales of purely speculative instruments like synthetic CDOs.

Could there be a better pretext for a disaster movie?

At worst, it could furnish the perfect pretext for a military attack on Iran.

Plans to display the restored sculpture supplied the pretext for a larger show.

Mr Yunus says this is just a pretext for a power grab.

Palestinians retort that these security concerns are a pretext for a land grab (see article).