Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be use justify [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results must not be used to justify wildly-exaggerated claims , which should be resisted until the implications of this non-locality are explored further . |
| 2 | The institute stresses , however , that this should not be used to justify widespread use of such fertilisers , a major contributor to acid deposition . |
| 3 | In other words , the less-eligibility argument should never be used to justify deliberate neglect or harsh treatment of prisoners . |
| 4 | Few can seriously suppose that removal of the Soviet ‘ threat ’ in Latin America will lead to a fundamental revision of American policy and behaviour in that part of the world , whatever slogans will now be used to justify armed interventions and de-stabilisations . |
| 5 | I consider in the light of the foregoing that a reference to the objectives of the Community system of quotas can not be used to justify national rules on the registration of fishing vessels , even if those rules were applicable only to vessels intended to fish for species subject to quotas . |