Sentence examples for excuse was found from inspiring English sources

A few years after the defeat of the northern earls, an excuse was found to plant the six counties of Ulster, which were judged to have escheated to the crown.

Among those whose excuses were found wanting was a young high-school teacher who felt that his presence at the school was urgently needed.

The record shows that Mr Bush was eager to attack Iraq shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11th and excuses were found to do so.

Large numbers of exotic animals were also used whenever an excuse could be found.

The cold voice of Bianca Scacciati fits the part of the callous Princess Turandot well enough, but for her unsteady singing no such excuse can be found.

Conspiracy theorists which includes most people here think the object is to force early elections or even create such chaos that an excuse will be found to impose an unelected government of technocrats, by the military and courts working together.

Thus, given the constant flow of crises in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sooner or later an excuse would be found for America to strain relations even if Israel had succumbed to the present request for a building-freeze in Jerusalem.

No excuse could be found, however, when Peco Bauwens, head of the German football association since 1950, made a chilling speech for the players at the Löwenbräukeller in Munich, which was promptly cut off by Bavarian broadcasters.

Observers of Pakistan's byzantine political scene have long suspected an excuse would be found to take Musharraf back to a life of exile in Dubai and London, which he had enjoyed until March last year when he returned to the country in a bid to stand for election.

And an excuse might yet be found for further delay, beyond the end of parliament's term in December 2011.Behind the sparring over election dates are calculations over who stands to gain.

Others say no excuses are to be found in the long injury list, which currently bears the names of Marco Reus, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Ilkay Gündoğan.