Example sentences of "[verb] [modal v] be justified " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to see what this talk of the linguistic expression ‘ replacing ’ the natural expression really means we must consider , in order to reject , the prevalent notion that if someone says ‘ It hurts ’ or ‘ I 'm afraid ’ , and they are not lying , then what they say must be justified by some observation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Our judges treat the techniques they use for interpreting statutes and measuring precedents — even those no one challenges — not simply as tools handed down by the traditions of their ancient craft but as principles they assume can be justified in some deeper political theory , and when they come to doubt this , for what-ever reason , they construct theories that seem to them better . |
| 4 | Some of the less professional search firms have been known to treat candidates shoddily , and even the leading firms would admit that a few of the candidates they had encountered would be justified in feeling hard-done-by . |
| 5 | This act of faith by the Department was one which I hoped would be justified and I was very much looking forward to the challenge . |