Examples of using Pretext in English and their translations into Spanish
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Environmental issues should not become a pretext for protectionism.
There was no longer any pretext for not saving the survivors,
Any continued withholding of payment under any political pretext was in contravention of the provisions of the Charter
While his Government was not seeking a pretext, it was important to remember that for 10 years Algeria had endured the worst form of terrorism.
A great moral victory for Vienna; but with it every pretext for war falls to the ground,
regional political unrest are still used as a pretext to restrict basic freedoms.
The Committee was concerned that it could also be used as a pretext to ban NGOs
Racist violence against Jews in the region does not need a Middle East pretext, but it certainly acts as a catalyst.
Turkey rejected any kind of pretext used by terrorist organizations to justify their heinous acts.
Decides that annexation of Kuwait by Iraq under any form and whatever pretext has no legal validity,
Every day, more children arrived in Gabon, on the pretext that they were coming to stay with relatives,
Governments, on the pretext of applying the law and defending the interests of national
The concept of autonomy should not become a pretext or a device to delay self-determination by peoples under colonial or foreign occupation.
No one may inflict on others, under whatever pretext there may be,
Israel's pretext is that there is no land for those refugees to return to.
It represents yet another pretext to bash Israel at the United Nations
On the pretext of conserving the environment, the communities have been threatened with removal from the Reserve.
a mere lazy pretext for not doing to-day anything that possibly can be put off till tomorrow.
Henry's come over here with this ridiculously lame Siddhartha-related pretext because he's hoping…-… that you will give him another chance.
The most habitual pretext is"having the face of a criminal" or"looking suspicious"-their appearance is what makes them suspicious.