Example sentences of "could [not/n't] be justified " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish Director of Public Prosecutions , Eamonn Barnes , said in a statement that the evidence provided by the British Crown Prosecution Service was ‘ not sufficient for the purpose and accordingly a prosecution could not be justified ’ . |
| 2 | for some the high cost of machinery could not be justified when only relatively small areas were being cropped and contractors were not readily available . |
| 3 | The coup-de-grace was administered by the Council in October 1960 , when it was decided that the cost of relaying the Squires Gate route could not be justified , and it would close in October 1961 . |
| 4 | Most Victorian churches had disappeared — upkeep could not be justified as they were quite unsuitable for individual meditation . |
| 5 | ‘ Many properties have been lost around the coast , ’ it went on and even more open land is being lost because ‘ works could not be justified ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Pacifism could not be justified by its ability to prevent war . |
| 8 | They maintained that there should be nothing in Church doctrine , ceremonies or organisation which could not be justified by texts in the Scriptures . |
| 9 | Then , on 23 September , the 86th general congregation began debate on what had now become a Declaration on Religious Liberty , promptly attacked by Cardinal Ruffini who insisted the title should be ‘ Religious Tolerance ’ rather than Liberty , for the latter could not be justified theologically . |
| 10 | Another factor was raised in a case in which the government did not properly consult local authorities ( as required by statute ) before making some regulations : by the time the application to revoke the regulations was heard , they had been in operation for some time and to revoke them would have caused considerable administrative inconvenience which could not be justified given that no real complaint was made about the substance of the regulations . |
| 11 | Contracting for other parts of the group , and even other manufacturers , provides a good half of the company 's income , and , just as importantly , enables it to invest in a high level of machinery which could not be justified for the volatile business of light aircraft manufacturing alone . |
| 12 | Conceptually it was tempting to argue that greater flexibility would allow the sentencing court more discretion if it concluded that full suspension could not be justified , but that a brief experience of imprisonment might have some deterrent effect without first offenders remaining long enough in prison to become acclimatized . |
| 13 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 14 | The Court agreed that a non-custodial sentence could not be justified for the offence , and was satisfied that the offence called for a substantial sentence . |
| 15 | also concluded that the court was required to protect rights conferred by Community law ; and in the circumstances he concluded that the exercise of the judge 's discretion against requiring an undertaking in damages from the council could not be justified ( see pp. 1004–1005 ) . |
| 16 | The Spanish Government argued that the nationality condition could not be justified under articles 55 and 56 of the E.E.C . |
| 17 | Thus in United Brands Co. v. Commission ( 1978 ) , the Court held that United Brands had abused its dominant position by charging different prices for bananas according to the member state of their destination , where these prices could not be justified on the basis of transport costs . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Catholicism was a reasonable Faith , but like any other , it could not be justified by reason alone . |
| 20 | However , the House debated no-fault compensation and , like the royal commission involved , took the view that it could not be justified . |
| 21 | Three years of bloodshed and misery could not be justified if the outcome were a return to the pre-Republican status quo . |
| 22 | The cost of producing a new commercial could not be justified — the Indonesian beer market is still relatively small , although growing — so PTGI scoured the GBW network for existing advertisements which might be adapted for Indonesia . |
| 23 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 24 | It was agreed by the parties that if the proviso on its true construction operated as a restraint of trade it could not be justified on the ground of reasonableness . |
| 25 | Mr Guy Stapleton , chief executive of the Intervention Board , said this week that certification at Barnard Castle mart could not be justified on its steer throughput of less than four animals each week . |
| 26 | He allowed himself , or claimed to allow himself , no beliefs about the world which could n't be justified if , if , even if only in a very loose sense , by scientific canons of procedure . |