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 a campaign, the iconoclastic bodyguard was sent away from the capital — disarmed and disbanded.

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 this pretext, Prussian troops entered Holstein nine days later.

Under Head Coach Norb Hecker they lost their first nine regular-season games in 1966 and secured their first victory on the road against the New York Giants.

Under the spell, king Högni and king Heðinn battled for one hundred and forty-three years, as soon as they fell down they had to stand up again and fight on.

Under Sir William Balfour, they broke through the Royalist lines on the night of 31 August, eventually reaching Plymouth 30 miles to the east.

Under Selig's watch, the Brewers also won seven Organization of the Year awards, although they posted one of the worst winning percentages in the history of Major League Baseball, over periods of ten years or more.

Under the Berne Convention, copyrights for creative works do not have to be asserted or declared, as they are automatically in force at creation: an author need not " register " or " apply for " a copyright in countries adhering to the Berne Convention.

Under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor, a military column, commanded by Colonel Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and including two battalions of Sara troops, moved north from N ' Djamena ( then Fort Lamy ) to engage Axis forces in Libya, where, in partnership with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group, they captured Kufra.

Under the CFSP they consist of " common positions ", " joint actions ", and " common strategies ".

Under the agreement, they recognize the validity of each other's baptisms and ordinations.

Under normal circumstances, people entering into such transactions are risk-averse, that is to say that they are prepared to accept a lower expected return for the sake of avoiding risk.

Under non-voucher education systems, people who currently pay for private schooling are still taxed for public schools ; therefore, they fund both public and private schools simultaneously.

Under Ron Greenwood they managed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup in Spain ( the first time competitively since 1962 ), but were eliminated from a second qualifying round comprising further group matches without losing a game all tournament.

Under each letter, the entries are organized first by the book they are found in, and then by their place in that book.

Under his leadership, they staged a new production each week.

Under Roman law, a former gladiator could not " offer such services those of a gladiator after manumission, because they cannot be performed without endangering life.

Under his command, they besieged Cologne and, after some weeks, the defenders of the city opened the gates and handed Saloninus and Silvanus to Postumus who had them killed.

Under this agreement, if a member left the Society, their funds would be returned without interest or, if they had not contributed to the Society's treasury, they would receive a small monetary gift.

Under the EU's Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive, offshore hedge funds using prime brokers as depositaries will be required to use EU-registered credit institutions before they can be sold in the EU.

Under this model, simple comparisons like < code > if a < b </ code > do not mean " if the operations to the right evaluate to true " as they would under most languages ; instead it means something more like " if the operations to the right succeed ".

Under this law, a person may be committed only if they present a danger to themselves or others.

* 1964 – Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume.

Under the city's protection, they were able to form their own reformed church under John Knox and William Whittingham and eventually carried Calvin's ideas on doctrine and polity back to England and Scotland.

Under the American judicial system, juries are often the trier of fact when they serve in a trial.

Under the assize, a jury of free men was charged with reporting any crimes that they knew of in their hundred to a " justice in eyre ," a judge who moved between hundreds on a circuit.