| The elaborate subterfuge is often ingenious, but not enough to sustain an entire movie. |
| Getting a Soviet visa took months of lying, subterfuge and the judicious placing of bottles of whisky on appropriate desks in Moscow. |
| The attempt then to portray Al Gore, who rejected the subterfuge, as the one who was funking national debates was farcical. |
| So far, it looks as if, through a series of subterfuges and evasions, there will be neither an adequate investigation nor any accountability. |
| When it comes to sport at Community level, we will no longer need to resort to subterfuges. |
| How could she be gentle, and kind, and tender, confronted with all these wretched subterfuges and false pretenses? |
