Sentences with phrase «on false pretenses»

The U.S. government should be applauding UNFPA, not denying it funds based on false pretenses.»

And he dismisses Johns on false pretenses.

I hate blue product line you said they are consider high quality but based on false pretenses!

They have a great reputation at most pet food stores and are usually highly recommended, but this is all based on false pretenses!

Customers are not advised they will be sued and are taken into the program generally on false pretenses.

We did that to ourselves with the assault on personal liberties called the Patriot Act, and our waging of war in the Middle East on false pretenses.

Living with a pig who lied his way into her life and got her to sleep with him on false pretenses and don't even get me started on those horrible four little boys.

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

Wilcher: «I think it's a black eye on the university — they're out there getting these young men on false pretenses, and that's just it.»

If one can plausibly appeal to biblical texts, the battle is nearly won, but quite possibly on false pretenses.

however, * by * his own Church's standards, it would have ultimately been dehumanizing for her if she received communion on false pretenses.

A partnership between The Observer and the New York Times, and in collaboration with a whistleblower and former Cambridge Analytica employee unveiled a revelatory amount of information; most significantly that Facebook sold and willingly participated in the extraction of information for years, even though CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims that this was done on false pretenses.

Not exact matches

Gazidis is a hack... he will never get another substantive job in this sport unless Kroenke is the owner... enough of dealing with the amateurs, anybody who believes that this man has any real say in the day - to - day operations of Arsene Inc. hasn't followed this club very closely... in fact I used to empathize with him; who would come out and make some of the statements he has, especially regarding our financial capabilities, unless he was instructed to do so under false pretenses... let's face it, if that wasn't the case, he would have been thrown to the wolves long ago... on the other hand, if he did know and public deception was well within his job description, he's truly a piece of shit

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

He sued her on the grounds of false pretenses, for not telling him about the plastic surgery and duping him into thinking she was beautiful, which brings up some interesting questions.

«Instead, Andrew Cuomo has let a divisive debate go on for weeks while the developers of the Cordoba Ground Zero Mosque have been operating under false pretenses.

The Ghanaian businessman had been acquitted and discharged by the high court and the court of appeal on the charges of defrauding the state by false pretenses and causing financial loss to the state.

The entirety of Dr. Mercolas argument relies on animal studies, false pretenses and skewed data.

On SeekingArrangement, all the members know what they want, so there are no false pretenses or games played here.

On SeekingArrangement, there are no false pretenses.

Should act frank with profile and changing your photos on the Internet adult dating sites for singles, At least those that cooperate with you aren't under false pretenses.

The second is an unnamed man masquerading under false pretenses as a teacher who is intent on bringing the school to ruin The third voice belongs to a young adolescent boy thirteen years in the past who, as the son of St Oswald's caretaker but destined to attend the scruffy local state school, finds himself drawn to the august corridors of St Oswald's.

On the other hand, the more you «sell» it with false pretenses like «BESTSELLER», the more critically and harshly they will read (higher expectations are harder to meet) so you'll get less positive reviews and shares.

The metadata librarian in question, Jeffrey Beall, has been featured in prominent journals and newspapers for his work on his site, Scholarly Open Access, which exposes publishers and journals who may be operating under false pretenses or bad business practices.

It's a federal crime to lie on a loan or credit application, to misrepresent your SSN, and to obtain an EIN from the Internal Revenue Service under false pretenses.

In January of this year, two PETA employees, fully backed by PETAâ $ ™ s Newkirk and a highly - paid legal team, stood trial on 24 felony counts, including 21 counts of animal cruelty and obtaining property under false pretenses (lying to the shelters PETA adopted dogs and cats from, then euthanizing the animals rather then finding homes for them.)

It should be televised just like Hussein's hanging and we can all show the same mercy on Bush that he did on the 152 deathrow inmates he executed without one inkling of remorse, not to mention the 4000 American's he sent to death under false pretenses, not to mention the people mentioned in this article likely to bear the worst consequence of global warming.

Terry McAuliffe was pushing the fledgling global flooding ideology out of a cleverly named unisex - clothing shop called Hang - Ups, in a converted African American Church, acquired under false pretenses and wittily christened THE ARK, on South Patrick Street, in Alexandria, Virginia.

The whistleblower who publicly revealed how Trump - affiliated data firm Cambridge Analytica used information mined from Facebook under false pretenses during the 2016 election cycle will give an interview to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee as part of their investigation of Russian interference in the election, including possible ties to Donald Trump's campaign.

One case I had involved stolen social security numbers and I spent 20 - some hours running them through different queries and databases, trying to find possible hits on them, then if I did, trying to determine if they were used under false pretenses or if they were legitimately used by the real owner.

The man who perpetrated the fraud, David Daleiden, has participated in at least 10 separate fraud campaigns over the last eight years involving gaining access to Planned Parenthood health centers or offices under false pretenses, taping staff (and sometimes patients) without their knowledge on at least 65 occasions (not counting the latest fraud), and misleading the public with heavily edited tapes and false charges.

Section 1681q of the FCRA imposes a $ 5,000 fine and / or imprisonment up to a year on one «who knowingly and willingly obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses.»