Sentence examples for can only justify from inspiring English sources

"You can only justify it if it has a long-term value.

"So the government can only justify its existence if it can solve a problem like the rich-poor gap.

You can only justify the existence of a team at a college campus if being on the team benefits the athletes' educational experience.

Governments can set aside those issues in the name of promoting democracy or enhancing global economic security; companies can only justify investment if there is some realistic likelihood of eventual return.

Cook admits he can only justify his place in the team by scoring centuries or at least going close, but after making five in his first 47 ODI innings up to June 2012 and four more scores of more than 80, his best in 38 innings since then has been 78 against New Zealand in Napier.

Here and there, as Mr. Feiler talks about "the spirit in the places and the spirit in me," his entries can seem forced, as if he feels he can only justify his expedition by reference to the strumming of some mystical chords within himself.

We can therefore only justify limited conclusions; that there is modest evidence for the positive effect of students' previous experience of intensive performance anxiety during the first OSCE.

Rather, the objection is to restrictions that can only be justified in these ways and cannot be justified by appeal to harm prevention.

Exceptional pay can only be justified by exceptional performance".

Really, a war can only be justified if you can invoke the principles of self-defence.

And branch networks add a cost that can only be justified by cross-selling.