Sentence examples for smokescreen on from inspiring English sources

The weapon is not illegal itself and can be used to provide a smokescreen on the battlefield or as an incendiary weapon against a military target.

White phosphorus is allowed to be used as a smokescreen on the battlefield in certain situations, but its use in civilian areas is prohibited under United Nations conventions.

"This announcement is a smokescreen on the day that the Royal College of GPs have come out against their Health Bill, joining the royal colleges of radiologists, nursing and midwives in full opposition to their plans," he said.

Cutting through the drug manufacturers' smokescreen on SB 1010.

But if we are to impose restrictions on smoking in the home, let's not rely on the smokescreen of threats to the well-being of nonsmokers.

All that legalistic jive I went on and on and on about was just a smokescreen, of course.

We should be suspicious of the silent termination of the target behind the smokescreen of a non-announcement on graduate tax.

Instead, the videos that seem to resonate most are those that use atheism as a smokescreen to comment on the horrors of female body positivity, of sex dolls "triggering" feminists and, of course, those hooked on British tabloid articles claiming the impending overthrowing of Western civilisation by invading Muslims.

Her bill hobbles it, using the smokescreen of security issues that are well on their way to being resolved.

"White phosphorus is a weapon intended to provide a smokescreen for troop movements on the battlefield.

The new program immediately met opposition from critics who called it risky and overdrawn, as well as a smokescreen to disguise issues on which the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, as coalition partners, have wide differences.