Sentence Yes "as justification to" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is used to explain why something was done or said. For example: "He offered many reasons as justification to why he had made the decision."
"It's used as justification to harass and discriminate against people, and it needs to go".
"Since taking office, the president has used an 'energy crisis' as justification to weaken environmental laws," he said.
Let's be clear: it is utterly wrong to use events in Israel as justification to attack Jews.
But then, the 11 September 2001 attacks occurred – and created an exceptional circumstance used by some as justification to draw new lines between right and wrong.
We should also be debating how to stop Turkey's government using the weekend's events as justification to increase repression of free speech and democratic opposition.
Other states have used similar statutes as justification to roll back, block or repeal domestic partner protections or other civil rights for gay and lesbian families".
The roadmap does not aim at diagnosing fraud or bias but rather at detecting some potential warnings that could be used by reviewers or editors as justifications to address queries on the raw data.
"America is using terrorism as a justification to launch war against Iraq," the station quoted the statement as saying.
They are trying to use the decision as a justification to remove appropriate restraints".
But the authorities have seized on the phenomenon as a justification to censor a wide-range of content.
Babbs, of 38 Degrees, added: "Big businesses must be held to account and zero-hours contracts must not be used as a justification to abuse employees' rights".
