Sentence examples for excuse to withdraw from inspiring English sources

Critics say community schools, while meeting an immediate need, give governments an excuse to withdraw from their duty to educate children.

Many readers may not know Mr. Glassman, a former aeronautical engineer who has used Buddhist teachings, which many treat as an excuse to withdraw from the world, to start effective, lasting programs to help the poor and the homeless.

Nonetheless, the assembly should now be revived, not because this is peace in our time, but because it makes sense to deny the IRA any plausible excuse to withdraw its grudging co-operation.

Unfortunately, the whole sordid affair provided the Islamic Republic a handy excuse to withdraw Reuters' credentials, making it even harder for us to get accurate reporting from Iran at a critical time.

Mr. Goldstein proposed what he called a "theory of conspiracy": Mr. Sharon's aides have exaggerated the American pressure to give him an excuse to withdraw from refugee camps that the army has invaded in the West Bank.

The judo champion Javad Mahjoub was said by the Iranian authorities to be too sick to attend the Games, reportedly suffering from a "critical digestive system infection", but many speculated that his illness could have been an excuse to withdraw him from competing against an Israeli.

It is hard to overstate how absurd this view would sound to anyone who wasn't looking for excuses to withdraw.

John Rhinelander, a lawyer who advised ABM negotiators in 1972 and is a leading arms control advocate, said Mr. Bolton's remarks suggested that the administration was looking for excuses to withdraw from the treaty unilaterally.

It was the excuse he needed to withdraw from public performances, and his recording studio, like Proust's bedroom, became a refuge, "a technological cocoon that finally satisfied his urge to separate himself physically from his public".

The decision could also undermine the entire review process by providing an excuse for states with terrible human rights records — like North Korea, Iran and Zimbabwe — to withdraw as well.

But the heavy losses suffered by the Persians forced them to withdraw from Mesopotamia, thereby giving Alexander because he had maintained control of Mesopotamia an excuse to celebrate a triumph at Rome in 233.