Sentence examples for served as a pretext from inspiring English sources
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, fraudulent document that served as a pretext and rationale for anti-Semitism in the early 20th century.
It provided a way to bridge the gap between castes, and it served as a pretext for gathering without the interference of British forces.
Ironically, the Egyptian economy has been picking up since the countrywide protests on June 30 that served as a pretext for the military putsch.
The secret dealings between the American intelligence services and the SS in Switzerland made the Soviets paranoid about Dulles, and about clandestine contacts between Soviet operatives and the Americans, and served as a pretext for the onset of the Cold War.
"That document could have been written by Hoover's F.B.I. in the 40's and 50's," he said, complaining that it failed to justify the raid and served as a pretext for one of the largest instances of preventive detention in modern American history.
These new songs by "the Beatles" served as a pretext for yet another publicity blitz, aimed at creating a market for a lavishly produced quasi-historical series of archival recordings assembled under the supervision of the band and released in 1995 and 1996 as The Beatles Anthology, a collection of six compact discs that supplemented a 10-hour-long authorized video documentary of the same name.
"The next elections must not serve as a pretext for putting in doubt how indispensable these measures are," he said.
By causing fear and uncertainty, the blasts would serve as a pretext for personnel changes and a strengthening of the Kremlin's powers.
The Army let them in to spread terror, to trigger a street war that might serve as a pretext for an incursion by the armed forces.
Unpredictable circumstances, like an outbreak of violence, can delay peace but must not be permitted to serve as a pretext to preventing peace.
That report could serve as a pretext for adopting harsher budget measures, all the more credibly since the Cour is presided over by a former Socialist deputy, Didier Migaud.
