D'aucuns ont prétexté son caractère urgent pour la faire inscrire à l'ordre du jour au titre d'un point distinct.
The argument of urgency was brought up for the inclusion of a new agenda item.
A la fin, ils ont prétexté une pénurie de métaux pour prendre le matériel et nous ruiner.
Eventually, they took all of our baking equipment for the metal... and we were out of business.
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