Sentence examples for As justification of from inspiring English sources

As justification of the ban, the German government argued that this maize represented a potential hazard to the environment, in particular to non-target arthropods, which constitute important parts of natural and agricultural biodiversity.

The CAT says, "No exceptional circumstance whatsoever … may be invoked as justification of torture," a principle the US endorsed without reservation.

More disappointingly, he references six vague GCHQ case studies as justification of blanket interception of communications moving in and out of the country.

WHEN a company receives criticism about its executive pay practices, a typical defense is to cite a rising stock price as justification of its pay.

Detainee refuses to participate in direct questioning, often citing imaginary or assumed mistreatment of himself, or others, as justification of this refusal in a classic example of al-Qaida counter-interrogation techniques".

The secretary of the Confederate Navy, Stephen Mallory, saw the Virginia's success as justification of his casemate ironclad philosophy — ships built quickly and simply, with large sloping armored sides to deflect enemy gunfire — and quickly ordered more.

Indeed, their presumed genetic and evolutionary explanations of a wide variety of human behaviour and culture served in the end as justifications of the social status quo, with all its ills, including racism, sexism, homophobia, materialism, violence, and war.

But while these earlier theories had been offered as justifications of the normative force of morality, Nietzsche's idea that behind moral prescriptions lies nothing but "will to power" undermined that authority.

The case also decided an important procedural question with regard to abuse of remedy as justification for denial of a hearing, namely, that the burden is on the Government to plead abuse of the writ.

A religious government is apt to use "God's will" as justification for abuse of power.

All the while, students and families seek more value as justification for expenditure of tuition dollars.