Example sentences of "may [not/n't] be justified " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The assumption may not be justified , but it will be held until somebody comes forward to show that there are other ways of making investment in railways profitable .
3 The discussion of concepts of accountability in Chapter 1 suggests , however , that such a separation may not be justified .
4 If the competing investments are similar , say a choice has to be made between proposals for new products in the same product range , the complexity of DCF methods may not be justified .
5 If the competing investments are similar , say a choice has to be made between proposals for new products in the same product range , the complexity of DCF methods may not be justified .
6 But he conceded that rising gas prices , while the cost of coal was falling , could mean further developments of gas-fired stations may not be justified to the same extent in future .
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