Under the pretext that new elections could not be held in Communist-occupied constituencies, the National Assembly, Legislative Yuan, and Control Yuan members held their posts indefinitely.

Under the pretext of pursuing fugitive Polish revolutionaries, Russian troops entered Balta an Ottoman-controlled city on the border of Bessarabia and massacred its citizens and burned the town to the ground.

Under this pretext began allied intervention in the Russian Civil War with the United Kingdom and France sending troops into Russian ports.

"… they are obliged to live in a separate part of town …; for they are considered as unclean creatures … Under the pretext of their being unclean, they are treated with the greatest severity and should they enter a street, inhabited by Mussulmans, they are pelted by the boys and mobs with stones and dirt … For the same reason, they are prohibited to go out when it rains ; for it is said the rain would wash dirt off them, which would sully the feet of the Mussulmans … If a Jew is recognized as such in the streets, he is subjected to the greatest insults.

Under the pretext of fighting Tissaphernes, the Persian satrap of Ionia, Cyrus assembled a massive army composed of native Persian soldiers, but also a large number of Greeks.

Under the pretext of rescuing the young Jianwen from corrupting officials, Zhu Di personally led forces in the revolt ; the palace in Nanjing was burned to the ground, along with Jianwen himself, his wife, mother, and courtiers.

Under the pretext of Drouet ’ s sudden illness, he lures Carrie onto a train and escapes with her to Canada.

Under the pretext that Western demonstrations required it, the East closed the checkpoint at the Brandenburg Gate the same day, ' until further notice ', a situation that was to last until 22 December 1989.

Under pretext of coming to help with housework, Mary writes to her father, who initially refuses her return.

Under the pretext of Jovinus ' imperial authority, Gundahar and his Burgundians established themselves on the left bank of the Rhine ( the Roman side ) between the river Lauter and the Nahe.

Under the pretext of the collapsed Egyptian financing and a subsequent riot which saw hundreds of Europeans and British subjects murdered or injured, the United Kingdom intervened in nominally Ottoman Egypt, which in turn ruled over the Sudan and what would later become British Somaliland.

Under the pretext that the Hungarian uprising might incite his nation's own revolt, Gheorghiu-Dej took radical measures which meant persecutions and jailing of various " suspects ", especially people of Hungarian origin.

Under the pretext of their being unclean, they are treated with the greatest severity and should they enter a street, inhabited by Mussulmans, they are pelted by the boys and mobs with stones and dirt … For the same reason, they are prohibited to go out when it rains ; for it is said the rain would wash dirt off them, which would sully the feet of the Mussulmans … If a Jew is recognized as such in the streets, he is subjected to the greatest insults.

Under the pretext of conducting inspections of sanitary conditions during a typhus outbreak, Sendler and her co-workers visited the Ghetto and smuggled out babies and small children in ambulances and trams, sometimes disguising them as packages.

Under a pretext of wanting peace, they negotiated with Caesar to exchange Arsinoë for Ptolemy XIII, who was subsequently released.

Under the pretext of being bored, Irulan heads for the Harkonnen homeworld of Giedi Prime and coyly coerces Feyd into confirming her suspicions.

Under the pretext of being angry over Viezca's imprisonment the people of Anahuac organized a resistance under Travis.

In the middle of the 19th century, J. J. Benjamin wrote about the life of Persian Jews: "… they are obliged to live in a separate part of town …; for they are considered as unclean creatures … Under the pretext of their being unclean, they are treated with the greatest severity and should they enter a street, inhabited by Mussulmans, they are pelted by the boys and mobs with stones and dirt … For the same reason, they are prohibited to go out when it rains ; for it is said the rain would wash dirt off them, which would sully the feet of the Mussulmans … If a Jew is recognized as such in the streets, he is subjected to the greatest insults.

Under the pretext of a birthday party, they bring Raja and Aarti to Mumbai and set in motion events that will change all their lives forever.

"… they are obliged to live in a separate part of town …; for they are considered as unclean creatures … Under the pretext of their being unclean, they are treated with the greatest severity and should they enter a street, inhabited by Mussulmans, they are pelted by the boys and mobs with stones and dirt … For the same reason, they are prohibited to go out when it rains ; for it is said the rain would wash dirt off them, which would sully the feet of the Mussulmans … If a Jew is recognized as such in the streets, he is subjected to the greatest insults.

Under the pretext of cooking a last Gaulish soup, Getafix gives the jailer a list of ingredients and brews the potion when he acquires them.

Under the pretext of producing a movie, the FBI planned to catch people taking bribes in exchange for not making trouble when filmmakers used non-union truck drivers and non-union crew members on movie shoots in Boston.

Under the pretext that they supported Santa Anna, a small group of Texians armed themselves and overthrew the commander of the garrison that was enforcing the new customs duties.

Under this pretext, Prussian troops entered Holstein nine days later.

Under him Albornoz started the military campaign against Visconti and, when all attacks failed, Urban proclaimed a crusade against him.

Under heavy pressure from Washington, López Gutiérrez allowed an unusually open campaign and election.

Under the US occupation, Islamist militias have waged a systematic campaign of violence against women in their bid to remake Iraq as an Islamist state.

Under the leadership of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, a campaign was launched.

Under Stalin's campaign for mechanization, the army formed its first mechanized unit in 1930.

Under third edition rules, unless a Dungeon Master specifically chose to use a different campaign setting, his or her D & D game would be set in the world of Greyhawk.

Under Japanese control Manchuria was one of the most brutally run regions in the world, with a systematic campaign of terror and intimidation against the local Russian and Chinese populations including arrests, organised riots and other forms of subjugation.

( Under the library's sponsorship, a campaign called " Choose Civility " started in Howard County in 2006.

Under the leadership of Simon of Montfort a campaign was launched.

Under the Administration of U. S. President George W. Bush, the Interior Department's maintenance backlog climbed from $ 5 billion to $ 8. 7 billion, despite Bush's campaign pledges to eliminate it completely.

The successful campaign was based on the economic improvements achieved ; the slogan " Life's Better Under the Conservatives " was matched by Macmillan's own remark, '" indeed let us be frank about it — most of our people have never had it so good ," usually paraphrased as " You've never had it so good.

Under directives from Guy Mollet's French Section of the Workers ' International ( SFIO ) government and from François Mitterrand, who was minister of the interior, the French Army initiated a campaign of " pacification " of what was considered at the time to be a full part of France.

Under Moltke the Prussian army achieved victory in the Austro-Prussian War ( 1866 ) and the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 71 ), the latter campaign being widely regarded as a classic example of the conception and execution of military strategy.

Under bankruptcy, Eastern launched a " 100 Days " campaign, in which it promised to " become a little bit better every day ".

Under Governor Davis, California's anti-tobacco campaign became one of the largest and most effective in the nation.

Under Sheridan's orders, Custer took part in establishing Camp Supply in Indian Territory in early November 1868 as a supply base for the winter campaign.

Under Yuan Shao's leadership, eighteen warlords form a coalition force in a campaign against Dong Zhuo, but undermined by poor leadership and conflict of interest, they only manage to drive Dong from Luoyang to Chang ' an.

Under Pichegru he took part in the Rhine campaign of that year as a brigade commander, and at Weissenburg and in the Palatinate won the warm commendation of Lazare Hoche.

Under the best conditions, an Ottoman commander-in-chief would be able to muster hundreds of thousands of soldiers and lead an excursion into Austria or Iran, whichever posed the greatest threat, capturing or extorting sufficient lands or money to cover the expenses of the next campaign in the process.

Under pressure from the SSP and the wider campaign, the Scottish National Party ( SNP ) introduced free school meals as a pilot scheme for a small number of primary school pupils in selected local authorities and have announced that there will be free school meals for Primary 1-3 children from 2010, however have not backed the wholesale change that the SSP proposed.

Under the guidance of Grayson's assistant, Tony Parkes, in a caretaker manager capacity, Blackpool finished the 2008 – 09 campaign in 16th place.

The dispute was similar to that involving Peter Hain in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, when Hain's Stop the Tour campaign clashed with the more conservative ' Freedom Under Law ' movement championed by barrister Francis Bennion.

Under this plan, 300, 000 men would be gathered ( and would attack at the same time ) -- Wang did not follow his generals ' recommendations to start the campaign as soon as a critical mass of men were gathered, but wanted to attack with overwhelming force.

Under California law, any elected official may be the target of a recall campaign.