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1
I contend this is simply a
clever
ruse
to gain time.
2
Or was it a
clever
ruse
of the architect, to discourage unfriendly visitors?
3
It's a
clever
ruse
,
and a vital one given the stakes of cloud security.
4
And the
clever
ruse
by which she got those emeralds of the Roumanian princess.
5
The portieres were a very
clever
ruse
of Mrs. Balmer.
6
Messieurs, we are the victims of a very
clever
ruse
.
7
Was this to be the sole outcome of Kennedy's
clever
ruse
,
I was wondering.
8
Of course, this is not so much a
clever
ruse
as a socially accepted fiction.
9
By his brave stand and
clever
ruse
Oglethorpe had saved not only Georgia but Carolina too.
10
Rather a
clever
ruse
,
that of the clotheshorse.
11
She passes off the surprise invitation from Opera Ireland as a
clever
ruse
to put bums on seats.
12
Soon he too was captured by Alonzo de Ojeda through the
clever
ruse
of sending him a present.
13
It was very
clever
ruse
to pretend to be a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, which would constrain the conversation.
14
She has escaped, for the time, by a very
clever
ruse
,
by changing her very face in the beauty parlour.
15
He was either telling the truth, or else he was endeavoring to allay my suspicions by an extremely
clever
ruse
.
16
By a
clever
ruse
he pretended friendship with Erskine of Dun, and endeavoured to use him for his own ends.
clever
ruse
clever