Sentence examples for excuse for staging from inspiring English sources

But that's not a sufficient excuse for staging an assault on the Constitution.

The Loretto-Hilton Center here offers an intimate stage with seats on three sides and little opportunity (or excuse) for stage tricks.

And by the way, being drunk is not an excuse for bad stage patter.

The plot becomes little more than an excuse for Argento to stage the murder sequences.

A bloody confrontation might have provided an excuse for the army to stage a coup.Mr Qadri's talent is to tap into a deep well of popular discontent.

Perry's sturdily-constructed pop tunes are whipped up into a hectic megamix, each number the excuse for ever more outlandish staging.

Colombia's injury list is no excuse for underperforming on a World Cup stage their coach, José Pékerman, has made clear by insisting Radamel Falcao's absence would not derail their campaign and had strengthened the squad's spirit.

For too long, the cult of the presidency has provided an excuse for treating politics as a melodrama staged at four-year intervals and centering on hopes of another Roosevelt or Kennedy or Reagan appearing as the agent of American deliverance.

Harry Styles, the curly-haired one who claimed he "needed a wee" as an excuse for rocking up late on-stage, sent the most retweeted message in gratitude to his devoted 'Directioners'.

As soon as items like this become available commercially, there will be no excuse for a producer to take the stage armed only with a laptop.

The political transitional process there is setting the stage and providing the excuse for this segment of society without hope to be used by ideologists.