Example sentences of "could [not/n't] be justified [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 2 | Contracting for other parts of the group , and even other manufacturers , provides a good half of the company 's income , and , just as importantly , enables it to invest in a high level of machinery which could not be justified for the volatile business of light aircraft manufacturing alone . |
| 3 | The Court agreed that a non-custodial sentence could not be justified for the offence , and was satisfied that the offence called for a substantial sentence . |
| 4 | Thus in United Brands Co. v. Commission ( 1978 ) , the Court held that United Brands had abused its dominant position by charging different prices for bananas according to the member state of their destination , where these prices could not be justified on the basis of transport costs . |
| 5 | It was agreed by the parties that if the proviso on its true construction operated as a restraint of trade it could not be justified on the ground of reasonableness . |
| 6 | Mr Guy Stapleton , chief executive of the Intervention Board , said this week that certification at Barnard Castle mart could not be justified on its steer throughput of less than four animals each week . |
| 7 | The Spanish Government argued that the nationality condition could not be justified under articles 55 and 56 of the E.E.C . |
| 8 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 9 | Accordingly leave to serve Lies out of the jurisdiction could not be justified by Cargolux under article 39 CMR paragraph 2 and Order 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court . |
| 10 | Pacifism could not be justified by its ability to prevent war . |
| 11 | They maintained that there should be nothing in Church doctrine , ceremonies or organisation which could not be justified by texts in the Scriptures . |
| 12 | In Howard E. Perry & Co . Ltd. v. B.R.B. it was held that the defendants ' refusal to allow the plaintiffs to enter their premises to collect goods which belonged to them could not be justified by their fear of intensified industrial action . |
| 13 | Catholicism was a reasonable Faith , but like any other , it could not be justified by reason alone . |