Sentence examples for were staged to from inspiring English sources

Specialist Morlock and other soldiers have said in sworn statements that the killings were staged to look like combat deaths.

Concerts were staged to provide continuity and hope, and construction workers were soon erecting dozens of housing complexes on the outskirts of town.

Some have argued that the events at Firdos were staged, to demonstrate that America had triumphed, the war was over, and the Iraqis were happy.

Songs were staged to recall the show: mattresses and pajamas for Van Halen's "Jump"; the same Lady Gaga costumes that appeared on May 25 in "Bad Romance".

Some of Nègre's photographs were staged to evoke action, and some occasionally included accidents a blur of a figure moving across the composition.

Using a special "concert phonograph" with a large horn projecting the sound, concerts were staged to promote the new invention, challenging listeners to separate the real from the Memorex.

Engagements have been staged to his music.

Informality marked the meeting of the presidents, which was staged to seem not staged.

A picture does not have to be staged to be a lie.

Detectives theorized that the scene had been staged to look like a burglary.

But it turned out that the entire incident was staged to deceive the lawyer.