How To Use Justifiable In A Sentence
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Taxes must be adequate to raise a revenue sufficient to meet those federal expenditures which are truly advantageous to the general welfare, to maintain justifiable confidence in the soundness of the dollar, and to underwrite the safety of the federal debt as an investment.
As The Allies Face The Future
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The researchers were regarded by some people as the police, asking awkward but justifiable questions.
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Sensible and justifiable decisions, properly communicated would raise morale rather than diminish it.
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The Board noted with concern the continuing global disparities in the actual availability and the unjustifiable discrepancies in the consumption of important licit narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in different regions.
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Macarthy, the defence lawyer, found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable.
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There are justifiable concerns about the fees.
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It is perfectly justifiable for him to seek redress - and he intends to do so with vigour.
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Critics say it is the product of unabashed and unjustifiable price gouging.
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She empowered him to tell them, that whatever blame she might throw on Mary's conduct, any opposition to their sovereign was totally unjustifiable, and incompatible with all order and good government: that it belonged not to them to reform, much less to punish, the maleadministration of their prince; and the only arms which subjects could in any case lawfully employ against the supreme authority, were entreaties, counsels, and representations: that if these expedients failed, they were next to appeal by their prayers to
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I.
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It was a ‘blatant, unjustifiable waste of ratepayers' money to spend this much on lawyers ’, she said.
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As I tried to justify the unjustifiable I told myself that since I had Martin for a chaperon nothing could possibly go wrong.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
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Many of these icon wines are very flavourful and pleasant, and if they were priced at their true worth they would be justifiable.
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I am seething with rage at anyone who dares suggest that, in any way, such acts are even explicable, let alone justifiable.
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I regarded _tragic_ knowledge as the most beautiful luxury of our culture, as its most precious, most noble, most dangerous kind of prodigality; but, nevertheless, in view of its overflowing wealth, as a justifiable _luxury_.
The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.
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Both stories are made richer by their justifiable portrayal of a highly interconnected medieval world.
The Times Literary Supplement
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For those who feel insulted by it there is no justifiable reason for it to continue to be exhibited.
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And if the evidence for charges relating to his hostile acts indicates that he was acting in self-defense, then his conduct is as justifiable as would be an assault on a police officer who commits an unprovoked attack on a person.
Balkinization
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A few others are in justifiable fear that their boss may take disciplinary action against them if they are identified.
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An engagement at your age would be totally rash and unjustifiable; and moreover, alliances between first cousins are undesirable.
Daniel Deronda
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This should not be a reason for not having cows in calf because there are several more justifiable reasons.
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They were the nadir of British imperialism and we must accept Chinese anger as justifiable.
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He will also be aware of a list of people confined to the fringes of England action without justifiable reason.
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Restrictions are simply unjustifiable on liberal grounds.
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Anyone who still believes (in fact, anyone who ever believed) that the war in Iraq was justifiable is as crazy as Exley.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Rice Calls Idea That Iraq War Contributed To Regional Instability ‘Grotesque’
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In handling the crisis, then, a justifiable prudential strategy was, by March, overtaken and overwhelmed by this paradigm, underpinned by a commitment that became increasingly messianic.
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The rule is justifiable on safety grounds.
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What is required is that the balance be one that is reasonable and justifiable.
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But it would be an unjustifiable violation of another's personal freedom to coercively attempt to prevent him from ingesting some substance that he - however wrong-headedly from the critic's perspective - finds desirable, useful, or pleasurable.
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The researchers were regarded by some people as the police, asking awkward but justifiable questions.
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While separating these activities analytically from other major processes, like emotional support, it does this for justifiable theoretical reasons.
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There are in the spiritual path (_tariqat_) many things not justifiable according to the written law (_shariat_).
Mystics and Saints of Islam
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur of glory, but from convicton of ntational innocence, iformation, and benevolence.
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He admits that there are justifiable concerns over the supply of imported biomass.
Times, Sunday Times
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The business constituency, on the other hand, views much regulation as an unjustifiable intrusion by the State.
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The inclusion of the word "justifiable" is clever: it is not, of course, the Left view, but it encapsulates a farily common conservative accusation.
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There are only two justifiable reasons for taking an animal's life.
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And I can even shrug off the unjustifiable accuse the university education of the unemployment rate.
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That's justifiable if it provides long-term protection.
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It is unfair and unjustifiable when the tax payers who pay for these utopian benefits are faced with worthless private pensions or no occupational pension at all.
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I don't think that their position, based on their gut reaction, is justifiable.
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Examples of abuse of a dominant position include overcharging, discrimination against suppliers, unjustifiable refusals to supply and predatory pricing.
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They used every trick in the book to justify the unjustifiable and the people saw through their lies, half truths and dissimulations.
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Some means might possibly be unjustifiable by any ends.
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Critics say it is the product of unabashed and unjustifiable price gouging.
Times, Sunday Times
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Fifty-one percent thought the press intruded too much on the public involved in news stories, although 40 percent thought it was justifiable to invade the privacy of politicians.
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For the many this is justifiable: gross violations of human rights make ethical demands upon us which cannot be overridden by prohibitive law.
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I grant that this is real, but the risk they are proposing to take is excessive and unjustifiable.
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Any contrary decision would make a serious and unjustifiable inroad on the rights of bailors, and for this inroad there does not appear to me to be any authority.
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What he has done is hardly justifiable.
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur of glory, but from convicton of ntational innocence, iformation, and benevolence.
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This key premiss about justifiable inequalities is nowhere defended but only presupposed.
The Times Literary Supplement
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There are justifiable concerns about the fees.
Times, Sunday Times
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Halford said that "kettling" is legally justifiable only when there is no alternative to address actual or imminent violence.
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THE proposed strike by junior doctors over their overtime pay dispute is morally unjustifiable.
The Sun
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The reason nobody takes action over unjustifiable privacy invasions is because the very taking of such actions would cause further and more intrusive invasions of privacy.
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It is unlikely that many employers would treat a first misuse as gross misconduct unless the action was justifiable.
Times, Sunday Times
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I grant that this is real, but the risk they are proposing to take is excessive and unjustifiable.
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A claim might be in fact analytic and justifiable independently of experience, but nevertheless perfectly revisable in the light of it.
The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
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This sense of pride, which in some black GIs manifested itself in justifiable impatience, led to many bloody confrontations.
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He took great and justifiable pride in his trucking skills and was recognized as the consummate professional by his peers.
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It is justifiable to utilize the concepts of either wave or particles.
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This sort of misbehaviour varies in degree from the black hatred and fury of an uncontrolled egotism to what verges in some cases upon justifiable criticism of slightly fatuous or self-complacent behaviour.
The Shape of Things to Come
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Doing so is justifiable cause for being mocked, teased, and otherwise humiliated.
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He admits that there are justifiable concerns over the supply of imported biomass.
Times, Sunday Times
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Alternatively, they may have had their own justifiable anger repressed when they were powerless to fight back.
50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman
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Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
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As a general matter, there is an international consensus about the economic evils of price-fixing cartels as unjustifiable restraints of competition.
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And it seems pretty plain that this investigation was obstructed for no justifiable reason.
Times, Sunday Times
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The jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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However justifiable the reason given for war and killing, suffering and death still occur.
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The 9/11 families have suffered egregiously, but unfortunately they remain vulnerable against such unjustifiable parasitic strains.
US politicians demand phone-hacking investigation after 9/11 claims
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Rather, the deontologist will claim, it reflects the fact that it is morally legitimate (perhaps, again, because justifiable in second-order impartialist terms) for an agent to regard her own goals and interests as especially important to her.
Impartiality
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She had been out-manoeuvred and out-run, to say nothing of her having been unceremoniously tumbled in the gravel, and her arrival was like that of a tornado — made up of offended dignity, justifiable wrath, and instinctive hatred for this marauder from the Wild.
The Southland
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Some residents have justifiable fears of being seen talking to the police.
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Nevertheless, outing is justifiable as an ethical and journalistic matter when two criteria are met.
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Further violations will result in justifiable allegations of anti-semitism. joejoejoe Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Comeback Kid
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Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
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We took him to court for unjustifiable gains.
The Sun
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I regarded _tragic_ knowledge as the most beautiful luxury of our culture, as its most precious, most noble, most dangerous kind of prodigality; but, nevertheless, in view of its overflowing wealth, as a justifiable _luxury_.
The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.
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This plan (to travel around the world) is unnecessary and patently unjustifiable in this time of economic crisis.
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Alternatively, they may have had their own justifiable anger repressed when they were powerless to fight back.
50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman
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Strong stuff, and entirely justifiable, given the immense pain caused by the credit crunch to some of the most vulnerable in society.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm wondering if Dudley and Steven had asked for Richard Parker's consent in you know, dying, if that would exonerate them from an act of murder and if so, is that still morally justifiable ?
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But could that be a justifiable reason to go on and ban pets altogether?
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There are also justifiable concerns about the fairness of the inquiry procedures.
Times, Sunday Times
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While some say they do not feel comfortable using the word forgiveness because it's open to so many messy interpretations, I believe all would embrace the concept, if they knew of Ginn Fourie's favorite definition which states that - "Forgiveness is the principled decision to give up your justifiable right to revenge.
Marina Cantacuzino: The Victims of Terrorism Who Do Not Seek Revenge
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In efforts, certainly justifiable, to discover the reason for the failure of the theatrical season, some people have made quite a ferocious attack upon the "deadhead," who really has nothing to do with the case.
Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
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It's also a justifiable goad to the United States to step up and reclaim the role of leader when it comes to human rights.
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Is it because of a growing cynicism against anything the government tries to push through without proper consultation, or is it unjustifiable paranoia on my part?
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In a justifiable move for consistency and accuracy, consonantal and vocalic forms of i and u are not distinguished (Lewis and Short distinguished i from j, u from v), except for use of V for capital u, with capitalized entries interfiled (Vaticanus between vatia and vaticinatio).
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1
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The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
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Thus, it could be ethically justifiable the sacrifice of individuals for the sake of societies.
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It is that modern version - and warped policies that could be collectively called Reaganism - that has given us an unfathomable national debt, a wide gulf between the nation's rich and poor, the denial of basic science on energy and the environment, and which was even used to justify an unjustifiable war in Iraq that the real Gipper himself would never undertaken.
Attytood
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“Take away their money, take away their weapons, exterminate them” It is never “take away the cause that drives them, take away any justifiable grievance, negociate some reasonable solution”.
Medvedev’s ‘Tough Guy Act’ « Antiwar.com Blog
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These services in the presence of growth will then be justifiable and sustainable.
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Are suspicions of others justifiable, or just the xenophobic fears of an insulated family unit?
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A homicide committed in the proper performance of a legal duty is justifiable.
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If the clubs can prove that a challenge is justifiable, the FA has an arbitration procedure.
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In all fairness, his preoccupation with glancing around this way and that like an insecure gazelle in an open savanna for his pursuers was justifiable given that he still had not quite yet deciphered where he had ended up.
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It is essential that the impact of resource allocation formula is justifiable on grounds other than the composition of any particular formula.
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The membership criteria must be non-discriminatory and justifiable.
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And when I animadverted in the company, where it was mentioned, on such a horrible violation of nature, a Danish lady reproved me very severely, asking how I knew that it was not a cure for the disease? adding, that every attempt was justifiable in search of health.
Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur of glory, but from convicton of ntational innocence, iformation, and benevolence.
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Many have justifiable ethical concerns about deliberately deceiving patients regarding the nature of their treatment.
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Or perhaps it is entirely justifiable.
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It is essential that the impact of resource allocation formula is justifiable on grounds other than the composition of any particular formula.
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It is unlikely that many employers would treat a first misuse as gross misconduct unless the action was justifiable.
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Otherwise the mismatch of risk provides an unjustifiable public subsidy to the banking sector.
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And even when the violence of her male characters is unjustifiable, it is at least comprehensible.
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This is wholly justifiable and entirely consistent with the moral concepts of Chinese society.
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Illegal subcontracting, unjustifiable fees and inexplicable budget overruns contributed to a grim mix of apparent frauds.
Times, Sunday Times
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As I tried to justify the unjustifiable I told myself that since I had Martin for a chaperon nothing could possibly go wrong.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
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If this does not happen, it could create an untenable situation and cause unjustifiable delays.
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Dropping two nukes to end the war with the Japanese faster and reduce the loss of life on the allies side (whether it was justifiable is up to personal opinion) but this guy committed an act of domestic terrorism.
Think Progress » CPAC Speakers Bash Obama’s Use Of A Teleprompter — While Standing In Front Of A Teleprompter
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Further, an unjustifiable disturbance in family life by an arbitrary separation of child and parents would engage Article 8.
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Poisoning the earth's atmosphere is ecologically and morally unjustifiable.
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There is considerable sympathy for members of the public who commit some minor infringement under circumstances which are considered justifiable and understandable.
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur of glory, but from convicton of ntational innocence, iformation, and benevolence.
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Now, even given the horrific worldwide opinion of British dentition, which is not wholly-unjustifiable, and the stunning UK sweet-tooth, I found this a, how shall we say, rather large amount of sugar, especially in comparison to the penurious amounts of food that the provisions amount to, no matter how large the original amount might seem.
Science
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Says they preach no penalties all the time, and then he kind of jabbed the officials saying they were "bang-bang" plays, but two or three of them were "justifiable calls".
Black Shoe Diaries
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur of glory, but from convicton of ntational innocence, iformation, and benevolence.
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The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
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The raid was an unjustifiable act of aggression.
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In the current economic climate it is not justifiable to provide screening services of doubtful value.
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And it seems pretty plain that this investigation was obstructed for no justifiable reason.
Times, Sunday Times
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Now it may well be that the Court's actions are justifiable under some other theory.
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Even if morality does reach down to our private lives, is it morally justifiable to punish someone in their public life for their private misdemeanours?
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Strong stuff, and entirely justifiable, given the immense pain caused by the credit crunch to some of the most vulnerable in society.
Times, Sunday Times
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Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
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They were the nadir of British imperialism and we must accept Chinese anger as justifiable.
Times, Sunday Times
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Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
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The vandalism - ranging from the petty to the downright life-threateningly dangerous - is leading to justifiable discontentment among residents who have to live in the midst of the wreckers.
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We consider this action justifiable.
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There was no justifiable reason for differential treatment of the part-time employees concerning the increase in salary and reduction in work hours.
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And it seems pretty plain that this investigation was obstructed for no justifiable reason.
Times, Sunday Times
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“You know, what you refer to as cold-blooded murder, others term justifiable homicide.”
Earl of Durkness
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If we can delay things long enough for the DA's office ruling, and if the DA's office ruling finds that it was justifiable use offeree, then yes, I think we can win.
Alone
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The only adverse feeling justifiable toward a lawbreaker is that he is weak or deficient; and it is a sufficient humiliation for him to be considered so, without an accompaniment of aversion or scorn.
Humanizing the Prisons
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Thus, it could be ethically justifiable the sacrifice of individuals for the sake of societies.
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I continue to think it was a despicable, utterly unjustifiable act, and even more so in the case of those others on the list who were merely accused.
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It is not there to punish prosecutors for administrative lapses; it is there to protect defendants by ensuring that they are kept in prison awaiting trial no longer than is justifiable.
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If you were seeing your ex for justifiable reasons, your boyfriend should accept that.
The Sun
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Moreover, if we were to offer appeal rights on applications which could not succeed, then more nugatory work would be created for the new appeal service, causing delays to claimants who had a justifiable case.
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There is no justifiable reason for withholding this information but you can imagine why they do.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is essential that the impact of resource allocation formula is justifiable on grounds other than the composition of any particular formula.
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In this case, the words of the judge who approved his removal have caused justifiable outrage.
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As I tried to justify the unjustifiable I told myself that since I had Martin for a chaperon nothing could possibly go wrong.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
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Whether mercy killing is justifiable is still an open question.
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You doubt and second-guess your choice, lamenting the unjustifiable advance of latecomers.
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I am seething with rage at anyone who dares suggest that, in any way, such acts are even explicable, let alone justifiable.
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At the poem's centre is a debate about "exact thinking", and how such thinking translates into action, and whether emotion as opposed to reason is ever a justifiable ground for action, and whether action is ever worth it in the first place - though of course if were to be so, then it must first be based on absolutely exact thinking - and, as any sensible reader will swiftly deduce, this is exactly the sort of over-analytical "pother" (Claude's word) which is most discouraging to a woman who might be inclined to think that you might be inclined to be in love with her.
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Was that to sustain the subpoena and to show that it was not a pure fishing expedition and that you had a justifiable course of inquiry that you were pursuing?
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The enactment of mainstream legislation using emergency procedures undermines the consensus for the use of such procedures in justifiable cases.
B2fxxx
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The lack of funds is a justifiable reason.
Times, Sunday Times
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Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
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It is unlikely that many employers would treat a first misuse as gross misconduct unless the action was justifiable.
Times, Sunday Times
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But then he had come back to all this, that slight sense of nagging self-reproach, even though there was no justifiable reason.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
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Nevertheless it seems many people are trying to justify a do-nothing response to the attack which to me seems completely unjustifiable.
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There is no justifiable reason to deny Taiwan a constructive role in the world health system.
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If his memoir has any enduring value, it is not as another offering of hollow excuses for an unjustifiable war but rather as a study in what the famed historian of European fascism, Hannah Arendt, termed the "banality of evil.
Robert Scheer: Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions
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Even if morality does reach down to our private lives, is it morally justifiable to punish someone in their public life for their private misdemeanours?
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That does not make evil excusable or justifiable.
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I should not admit that Luke is following an unjustifiable archaism in using the term mathētai so frequently in Acts. [690] Is not a restriction of the idea voiced as early as Matt.x. 42 (hos an potisē hena tōn mikrōn toutōn potērion psuchroō monon eis onoma mathētou)?
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries
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The war was not justifiable on grounds of an immediate threat to US security.
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A spokesperson said the report did not provide a justifiable reason for a Labour Court hearing.
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To many in the U.S. and around the world, the collapse of the Soviet empire was the unmistakable consequence of God's justifiable wrath on godless communism and its perpetrators.
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After hours poring over the documents I think it entirely justifiable to argue that one man acted as an agent provocateur.
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If the reason is not justifiable the employer could leave itself open to discrimination claims.
Times, Sunday Times
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Macarthy, the defence lawyer, found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable.
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We do not accept that these matters constitute unjustifiable restrictions.
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Obviously that would be completely acceptable and justifiable to whoever it was who'd taken the damn picture.
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Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
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He admits that there are justifiable concerns over the supply of imported biomass.
Times, Sunday Times
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Today is rainy and everything's closed for Easter, which made being fluish and staying in bed until 6pm (after havign gone to sleep at 1am the night before) perfectly justifiable.
Breakfast in Bed
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Both stories are made richer by their justifiable portrayal of a highly interconnected medieval world.
The Times Literary Supplement
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A missile attack on a densely populated area is no more justifiable than a suicide bombing.
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We took him to court for unjustifiable gains.
The Sun
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Sometimes it is justifiable to go beyond raw statistics.
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But this was the kind of afternoon when the punters had a justifiable claim to ask for their money back.
Times, Sunday Times
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Some of the tax code's frills and furbelows are justifiable.
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A slightly longer period may be justifiable but indeterminate detention without judicial approval is not.
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As I tried to justify the unjustifiable I told myself that since I had Martin for a chaperon nothing could possibly go wrong.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
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On the subject of guilt about spending money on books, I read an article a few years ago which talked about the principle of ‘Pleasure per pound spent’. i.e. one person’s irresponsible profligacy is another’s totally justifiable purchase because of the amount of pleasure involved.
Reasons For Buying Books « Tales from the Reading Room
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Readers will be intrigued by the idea that in the blink of an eye one can make a valid and justifiable decision.
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First, that ought to weigh with the court in considering, in connection with the law of champerty, whether the agreement into which he entered was justifiable.
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They were the nadir of British imperialism and we must accept Chinese anger as justifiable.
Times, Sunday Times
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There are justifiable concerns about Europe, but most of them are already built in to share prices.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is unlikely that many employers would treat a first misuse as gross misconduct unless the action was justifiable.
Times, Sunday Times
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From this quarter, the only justifiable reason for dropping him would be tactical.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is no justifiable reason for withholding this information but you can imagine why they do.
Times, Sunday Times
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South Dakota was contemplating -- but just tabled, thank goodness -- a bill that critics feared would expand the definition of justifiable homicide to include the murder of doctors who provide abortions.
Michael Winship: Across the U.S., GOP Lawmakers Build States of Denial
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If you were seeing your ex for justifiable reasons, your boyfriend should accept that.
The Sun
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KOLKATA: Sixth-seeded Karan Rastogi failed to take his good form to a justifiable end as fifth-seeded Murad Inoyatov of Uzbekistan foiled his title bid in the final of the $15,000
The Hindu - Front Page
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The suspicion that the bill is merely a ploy to divert public attention away from the fuel price hikes could turn out to be justifiable.
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But this way of looking on the endeavour of anybody, however humble, to just preserve your life, remedy in some degree the first, if it _was_ the first, unjustifiable measure, -- this being 'displeased' -- is exactly what I did
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
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The distinction between justifiable and unjustifiable homicide was not identical to our own.
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From this quarter, the only justifiable reason for dropping him would be tactical.
Times, Sunday Times
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‘Lies have always been regarded as necessary and justifiable tools not only of the politician's or the demagogue's but also of the statesman's trade,’ he claimed.
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The half-completed International Space Station has been described as an unjustifiable "white elephant".
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Foster parents were as likely as their wards to find a justifiable cause for bellyache.