Sentences with phrase «give false pretence»

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In particular, evidence given to the UN about weapons of mass destruction and to the British Parliament (the so - called «dodgy dossier») are now widely accepted to have been a false pretence.

These open negotiations are surely compromised (for what it's worth, it seemed Cameron acted in good faith almost all the way through) How does Cameron feel about being played and how do the Tory backbenchers feel knowing that they gave the LibDems the one thing they wanted (and the Cons desperately didn't) on false pretences?