Sentence examples for cited as justification from inspiring English sources

The Olympic bid was already being cited as justification for building a third airport.

This is cited as justification for a harsh expulsion policy, as a deterrent.

Rising costs are sometimes cited as justification for the price increases.

All this made it inevitable that Kosovo, like Iraq, would be cited as justification for other adventures.

The temptation now will be for success in Libya to be cited as justification in itself and a precedent for military interventions elsewhere.

Remnants of heavy weaponry, which France and the United Nations had cited as justification for aiming so close to Mr. Gbagbo's residence and offices, were also on display.

Indeed, Brown invalidated government policies heavily influenced by ignorance, prejudice, and the tyranny of the majority – all reasons that libertarian thinkers have long cited as justifications for limiting the power of democratic processes in a range of settings.

Early voting would allow positive campaigning and direct contact with voters, often cited as justifications for the special role of Iowa and New Hampshire in the process, to retain their importance during the six months before the national primary (at least until the very end).

Speed, logistical ease and economy are usually cited as justifications for experts and policy-makers controlling the process.

But they will cite as justification both their own security and Iraq's dozen years of non-compliance with all the previous resolutions.

Israel claimed sovereignty over Taba, citing as justification the 1906 British boundary maps showing the land to be part of Turkish-controlled Palestine, not British-controlled Egypt.