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Significados de be a pretext em inglês

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Uso de be a pretext em inglês
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There would be a pretext about some minor infraction that had occurred during the day.
Escape
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Then there can be a pretext for the military to come in, said a senior member of Yingluck's Party.
Reuters
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The Mannis had plausibly claimed the bank's explanation for the termination might be a pretext for discrimination, Cox said.
Reuters
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If they were young phoenixes, indeed, that were born but one in a year, there might be a pretext.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
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The loan must be made before there can be a pretext of a claim upon the services of the borrower.
Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
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It can be a pretext for disputes or conflicts, said Christophe Bosch, a Central Asia water expert at the World Bank.
Reuters
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It would have to be a pretext, because at this point nobody has identified a legitimate basis in law for doing so.
The Irish Times
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Opposition groups said the abrupt closure was a pretext to prevent protests.
Reuters
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They are a pretext, betraying its expansionist designs against Cyprus, Christofias said.
Reuters
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For her visit to Mr. Paraday it had simply been a pretext.
The Death of the Lion
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It was a pretext for travelling to Rome to announce his defection.
Reuters
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Here, then, was a pretext for further ill-usage of the unfortunate slaves.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
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One is a pretext and the other is my real objective.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
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To such men as these England was a pretext but never a symbol.
Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker
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All he'd needed was a pretext, and now she had unwittingly given him one.
Acts of faith
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The project was a pretext for remaking Zimbabwe's political map.
The new yorker
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