Example sentences of "can not be justified " 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 | Therefore , consent can not be justified as a necessary means to establish a just government . |
| 3 | What can not be justified quantitatively can not command large resources . |
| 4 | Obviously , purely objective criteria such as the patient 's age or the particular illness can not be justified or relied upon . |
| 5 | From an animal welfare point of view the chasing of a fox or a deer round the countryside with dogs and followed by men either on foot or mounted on horses is a cruel practice which can not be justified . |
| 6 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 7 | Assuming that you have retrieved your ferrets , reluctant though you may be to give up there is wisdom in recognising that you have reached the stage where the expenditure of more time and effort can not be justified . |
| 8 | A society in which this right is systematically denied … can not be justified from an ethical point of view … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On democratic grounds their existence can not be justified . |
| 12 | Thus , for example , the way in which it is proposed to structure the rules regulating take-over bids simply reflects a judgment about how far acquiring companies should , through the mechanism of the take-over bid , be given the opportunity of dislodging the managers of the target company — a judgment which can not be justified simply by appealing to the ideal of a free market . |
| 13 | All we need is to show that your belief that you are not a brain in a vat can not be justified since nothing in your experience can count as evidence for that proposition , and then appeal to an analogue of : which holds that if a is justified in believing that p and that p implies q , a is justified in believing that q . |
| 14 | We can not argue straightforwardly that a false belief can not be justified . |
| 15 | Instead , he maintains that our general belief that experience is a reliable guide can not be justified , since all promising justifications assume what is at issue by supposing that experience can reveal that our experience is a reliable guide . |
| 16 | Induction can not be justified purely on logical grounds . |
| 17 | The principle of induction can not be justified merely by an appeal to logic . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Bomb hoax — placing imitation bomb in shop — whether offence so serious that a non-custodial sentence for it can not be justified |
| 20 | A fortiori , the requirement for all owners to reside and be domiciled in the United Kingdom can not be justified in the light of the aims of the quota system . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The order of Waite J. was wholly inconsistent with the law as so stated and can not be justified upon the basis of any authority known to me . |
| 23 | On this statement of principle , I wish to observe that officious intervention can not be justified by the principle of necessity . |
| 24 | So intervention can not be justified when another more appropriate person is available and willing to act ; nor can it be justified when it is contrary to the known wishes of the assisted person , to the extent that he is capable of rationally forming such a wish . |
| 25 | Accordingly your refusal to concur in Robertson 's telegram is approved and you are requested to inform SAC that we are strongly of the opinion that such contemplated violation of agreed Anglo-American policy can not be justified on grounds of administrative expediency . " |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If routine induction of labour at term can not be justified , when should intervention occur ? |
| 28 | Selective abortion of such children for these abnormalities can not be justified when effective postnatal surgery is available and the outcome is likely to be good with a normal lifespan without disability . |
| 29 | It has been their job to see that local councils do not spend money on activities which can not be justified by statute . |
| 30 | In the type of market situation examined here , it can not be justified if a cost-leadership policy based on a belief in the experience curve is pursued . |