Example sentences of "[not/n't] be justified by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lax attitude to accident prevention can not be justified by the perennial excuses of financial hardships and pressure from high work-loads . |
| 2 | Consenting to have one 's mail opened by another , to be visited without prior arrangement , and to have another arrange aspects of one 's plans or activities without prior consultation ( e.g. accepting invitations in one 's name ) may or may not be justified by their instrumental value , but in any case they are taken in our culture as expressing the existence of certain attitudes , as in part constituting those attitudes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Pacifism could not be justified by its ability to prevent war . |
| 5 | They maintained that there should be nothing in Church doctrine , ceremonies or organisation which could not be justified by texts in the Scriptures . |
| 6 | For example , modern jus ad bellum puts considerable emphasis on the right of self-defence in accord with Articles 2(4) and 51 of the UN Charter : the implication of these provisions is that any use of force , even after the outbreak of fighting , is prohibited if it can not be justified by reference to the right of self-defence recognised in Article 51 of the Charter . |
| 7 | We can accept that science is based on induction and Hume 's demonstration that induction can not be justified by appeal to logic or experience , and conclude that science can not be rationally justified . |
| 8 | Consequently , whatever the objectives pursued by the national legislature , such legislation can not be justified by the existence of a Community system of national quotas . |
| 9 | On this statement of principle , I wish to observe that officious intervention can not be justified by the principle of necessity . |
| 10 | If an authority misdirects itself in law , or acts arbitrarily on the basis of considerations which lie outside its statutory powers , or so unreasonably that its decisions can not be justified by any objective standard of reasonableness , then it is the duty and function of the courts to pronounce that such decisions are invalid when these are challenged by anyone aggrieved by them and who has the necessary locus stand I to do so . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It has been their job to see that local councils do not spend money on activities which can not be justified by statute . |
| 13 | Catholicism was a reasonable Faith , but like any other , it could not be justified by reason alone . |
| 14 | Since tandems etc are at present being carried , and there are no substantial proposed changes to the rolling stock , the ban can not be justified by space constraints . |
| 15 | Since tandems etc are at present being carried , and there are no substantial proposed changes to the rolling stock , the ban can not be justified by space constraints.The extending of the charges will only encourage cyclists to take their bikes by other means , thus losing revenue for the railways . |
| 16 | An individual bat that boosted its tickover rate would pay an additional price in energy , etc. , which would not be justified by the increased sonar acuity . |
| 17 | He blames speculators and traders for the shock waves and says the surge in prices ca n't be justified by the oil crisis . |