Sentence examples for accepted excuse for from inspiring English sources

There is no socially accepted excuse for being without your cell phone.

Ashlea Bartram, a PhD researcher at the university's School of Public Health, found that people routinely made excuses to remove themselves from situations where others were drinking, or provided accepted excuses for abstaining such as being unwell or needing to drive.

From the paediatrician who allegedly failed to identify the toddler's probably fractured ribs and broken spine, to the social workers and health visitors who appear to have accepted excuses for lesser but regular injuries, the tragic story points to a reticence on the part of professionals to investigate, question and challenge.

I intentionally excluded study participants who'd experienced infidelity or abuse­ socially accepted "excuses" for choosing to be single.

"And we cannot accept excuses for inaction or delay".

Memorable Phrase: "We cannot accept failing schools -- and we cannot accept excuses for inaction or delay".

HMRC won't accept excuses for why you haven't kept the right documentation and you could be fined up to £3,000.

He also ensured his schools were led by traditionalist teachers who refused to accept excuses for failure – people such as the inspirational Sir Dan Moynihan.

Liam Nolan, head of the Perry Beeches chain of academy schools in the West Midlands, has embraced performance-related pay across all staff levels, "because it sends a strong signal that you are not accepting excuses for failure".

Professionals of all disciplines were too often insufficiently assertive with parents and other adults in cases of suspected abuse and too ready to accept excuses for a child's injuries or withdrawn behaviour.

Instead, he weds himself to a regi-men of Nietzschean self-reliance: "I don't accept excuses for failure or deflect what is essentially a problem I have caused.... Every time I want to drink or do drugs, I'm going to make the decision not to do them.