Sentence examples for without a pretext from inspiring English sources

Not just this, but being a writer also means you can conceal yourself behind a screen without a pretext for prejudice.

In spite of the circumstances that profoundly favor him, General Sharif's decision to retire without finding a pretext to extend his term or troubling the feeble democratic government, is laudable.

"Russia would hope slowly to entice those Russian populations towards Russia without giving Nato a pretext to deploy troops," the document adds.

And he needs to manage all this without giving the UN a pretext to hold a tribunal on the events in East Timor.

As the truism states "a text without a context is a pretext for a prooftext".

MY MORNING JACKET Without even an anniversary as an pretext, My Morning Jacket, the Kentucky band with the pealing three-guitar arrangements and the keening lead vocals of Jim James, is to perform all five of its studio albums in their entirety, one per concert: "The Tennessee Fire" on Oct. 18, "At Dawn" Oct. 19, "It Still Moves" Oct. 21, "Z" Oct. 22 and "Evil Urges" Oct. 23.

It provided a way to bridge the gap between castes, and it served as a pretext for gathering without the interference of British forces.

A year later, Iraq is no longer a pretext or an abstraction.

As Freedom House notes, "anti-extremism laws are widely used as a pretext to block political content, often without judicial oversight".

According to Kandil, Without Nasser's authorization, Amer used the warnings as a pretext to dispatch troops to Sinai on 14 May, and Nasser subsequently demanded UNEF's withdrawal.

But at least Mr. Arafat now had a pretext to start cracking down on terrorism without appearing to bow to Israeli or American demands.