pretensions in the PONS Dictionary

pretensions Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to have pretensions to doing sth
претендирам, че правя нщ
be a person of (great) pretension
с (големи) претенции

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Its preamble contained the statement, setting aside all retrospective discussions of the rights and pretensions of the two parties...
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The class is beginning to have international pretensions.
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In terms of its pretensions, the capitalist system has failed.
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The inhabitants of the "pagus" would have expressed concern or even refusal when faced with the pretensions of their closest neighbours.
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His father was a drunkard given to insensate rage, who despised his delicate son, not only for his supposed effeminacy, but also for his sensitivity and literary pretensions.
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The law was passed mainly to check the pretensions of "novi homines", of whom the "nobiles" were jealous.
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The school expanded across 5th avenue, one block to the north, building a two-story brick building that is strictly functional... with no architectural pretensions.
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But it becomes dangerous when it assumes messianic pretensions.
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It is actually a critique, then, of the pretensions of "applied" practical reason.
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He was uneasy about class pretensions and especially the idea of being above the men, yet his soldiers loved him deeply and praised him loudly.
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