Example sentences of "may be justify " in BNC.
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| 1 | The downgradings in the sector may be justified on some housebuilders , but others look severely undervalued at current levels . |
| 2 | Certainly this caution may be justified . |
| 3 | James Sutherland 's description of eighteenth century poetry as a dinner-party to which only men are invited may be justified in relation to the traditional canon of polite verse . |
| 4 | A right of conscientious objection to military service , and perhaps to some other legal duties , combines a political pursuit of goals which may be justified by their contribution to a valid conception of the good with a refusal to ram that conception down the throats of people who are deeply opposed to it . |
| 5 | This is one application where the use of amphoteric detergents may be justified . |
| 6 | This may be justified on a variety of hard to refute grounds , such as the person is needed to keep production or a service going without disruption . |
| 7 | There are some exceptional occasions , when management want to convey a very precise message to a large number of employees , where reading the presentation may be justified . |
| 8 | Such a statement may be justified because the penalties imposed on industrial and agricultural concerns for discharging poisons into our rivers are still ridiculously low . |
| 9 | If you are banned from driving and using your car is a vital part of your job , your dismissal may be justified . |
| 10 | Non-consultation may be justified on one or more of these grounds , but only in unusual circumstances . |
| 11 | The third fear about specialism — that it requires an almost full-time commitment — may be justified . |
| 12 | It would be a mistake to suggest that there were no direct links between business and local government at this time and , indeed , it may be justified to acknowledge that they were becoming more important and more regular through various forms of consultation . |
| 13 | In the libraries of schools and higher education , user education may be justified by the fact that the library is just one department within an educational institution and thus user education is just one part of the educational process . |
| 14 | A state may be justified in overriding or limiting rights [ only if ] competing rights … would be jeopardised if the right in question were not limited . |
| 15 | If there is a marked resistance on the part of a lonely , but fit and mobile elderly person to consider any ideas for the possible improvement of her social life , and if gentle persuasion is of no avail , you may be justified in suspecting a condition of hidden depression . |
| 16 | Cuts in the rates of taxation may be justified in terms of improved incentives and ( at the top rate of taxation ) a reduction in the ‘ brain drain' abroad . |
| 17 | They hold that we may , with justification , be certain of beliefs which , we admit , risk falsification , or that we may be justified in holding beliefs although there are none of which we are certain . |
| 18 | Impoundment may be justified when the administration of a programme reveals opportunities to save , or perhaps divert , funds without negating the policy intentions of the legislative branch . |
| 19 | Government grants to local authorities may be justified for two reasons . |
| 20 | Second , grants may be justified as a method of redistributing the burden of providing an equal level of services among local authorities that differ in both their needs and their available resources . |
| 21 | Its inclusion may be justified , however , on two main counts . |
| 22 | This is an extravagant way to behave , though it may be justified : no one knows for sure . |
| 23 | My belief that I am in pain may be justified , perhaps , but I can hardly be said to base it on reasons , conclusive or otherwise . |
| 24 | The form of the verb in one sentence can limit the choice of the verb form in the next , and we may be justified in saying that a verb form in one sentence is ‘ wrong ’ , or at least ‘ unlikely ’ , because it does not fit with the form in another . |
| 25 | In some such cases specific protection , in the form of import controls , subsidies or state purchasing , may be justified on socialist grounds , for instance if the industry is a struggling ‘ infant ’ with good future prospects ( ‘ good ’ , that is , in respect of the efficient satisfaction of social need ) , or even a struggling ‘ geriatric ’ which stands a good chance of reviving its fortunes through a thorough re-investment programme . |
| 26 | In such cases protection may be justified in the short term to alleviate the employment effects of a rundown of the industry but long run protectionism would reduce the potential material living standards of the working population . |
| 27 | Witness for example the common front of workers and employers in the textile industry in Britain in 1980/81 calling for import controls , which , although they may be justified , would raise the price and restrict the choice of clothing for other workers . |
| 28 | Differential rewards during this period may be justified . |
| 29 | It is accepted that Community case law has developed such a principle under which , on policy grounds compatible with Community law , restrictions on trade may be justified . |
| 30 | If the production quantities are very high then the purchase of a simple drafting system may be justified and an investment could be made in some CAM equipment . |