Sentence examples for such a pretension from inspiring English sources
But, as the shock and revulsion at Mr Kim's murder demonstrates, the people of a traditionally insular country are only just beginning to understand the costs such a pretension involves.
This in turn justified a late-night curfew, a strange thing in a town with such heavy pretensions as a global city.
Thirty seconds later, we see her being dragged along by the hair, presumably because she found it more appealing than being subjected to such a barrage of ham-fisted pretension.
Complex, rich, dark and very funny, it is set at the time of the so-called Indian Mutiny of 1857, and explodes imperial pretensions with such a light touch that one could read it simply as comedy, although it is in fact multi-layered and profound.
A big city without an ounce of pretension: who knew such a place existed?
His major argument for this is that pseudoscience has scientific pretensions, and such pretensions are associated with a person, not a theory, practice or entire field.
Such misplaced pretension is not going to impress Oxbridge either.
And the son replies, "Oh, I make no such ridiculous pretension". His father queries him about the army, the church, and the bar.
Even that tilted camera seems less a pretension and more an endearingly dorky trademark.
Mine pressure observation shows that the cable can achieve a pretension of 100 kN, while the bolt has a pretension force of 30 40 kN generally.
