Sentence examples for excuse to continue from inspiring English sources

U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice said in the White House statement that the United States was disappointed the detainees have not been freed yet but noted that their continued detention was no excuse to continue fighting.

The Allied talk of unconditional surrender provided a good excuse to continue the fight.

America, the devil, allows the violence in order to have an excuse to continue occupying Iraq.

African governments are using technological advances as an excuse to continue neglecting systemic problems in health, education, energy and other basic services, a prominent entrepreneur has claimed.

The coal company lost its case, and we're now at the point where we have no excuse to continue delaying action on climate change.

In the real world, "net-zero" gives polluters an excuse to continue with business as usual, claiming that future inventions will fix the problem.

But even if Romney starts garnering five extra percentage points per contest than forecasted, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich will have plenty of excuses to continue to run.

Mr. Qurei also criticized Palestinian suicide bombings, saying Israel had used such attacks "as excuses to continue the comprehensive aggression and impose collective punishments".

They must find new faces, forms or excuses to continue austerity; otherwise, they will suffer or be forced to defect as public opinion swings behind very different anti-crisis policies.

The official Palestinian leadership issued a statement condemning the bombing on Monday, saying it gave "the Israeli occupation army excuses to continue its aggression, killing people and destroying our national goal".

Meantime, Big Oil's excuses to continue on this disastrous path are running on fumes.