Sentence examples for this was a pretext from inspiring English sources

All of this was a pretext for military preparations on both sides.

Stalker was adamant that this was a pretext to remove him from the shoot-to-kill inquiry.

This was a pretext to impeachment, and Charles reacted by dissolving Parliament less than two weeks later on 12 August.

This was a pretext to explain R-Truth's absence during his suspension as a result of his violating of the Wellness Policy.

This was a pretext for attacking the neighboring tribes, who were successively reduced to the alternative of embracing the reform or of perishing under the sword of the reformer.

"Of course all of this is a pretext because of the fear of going to write," he once told a reporter.

"There's certainly a case to be made that we were not prepared, and this is a pretext to step back and acknowledge that fact without saying, 'We're not ready for this,'" Jenkins said.

But Mr. and Ms. Parsons came to believe that this new, less religious vision was a pretext to get people to buy condominiums.

September 11th was a pretext.

The taboo was a pretext for extortion.

Kosovo was a pretext, not a central factor, he says.