Sentence examples for justification for refusal from inspiring English sources

There had been an initial failure to investigate sufficiently the circumstances in which entry had been achieved; and, where there had been reconsideration, the approach had been coloured by the assumption that a failure to claim at the port of entry would itself be a justification for refusal.

Granted that refusals to perform abortion are ethically justified, how strong is the corresponding justification for refusals to refer?

Blasius requires that the board provide a "compelling justification" for its refusal to accept the resignations.

Just last week, it emerged that Iain Duncan Smith is refusing to reveal how many people have died after having their benefits stopped, despite the Information Commissioner telling him there was no justification for his refusal.

Museveni's published justification for his refusal was that there were better ways than prison of "saving" gay people from an "abnormality" he believed was created by the "random breeding of western societies" or, in women, by "sexual starvation".

No justification for their refusal to participate was required.

His confused theology and unrealistic military objectives are elaborate justifications for his refusal to give up his power, plunder, and cult of personality.

What really bothers me is the justification for the initial refusal to publish a correction: "The editors understood the 'nudge' comment as the television critic's figurative reference to Mr. Rivera's flamboyant intervention" and "numerous readers read the comment as a factual assertion".

The state's new religious freedom law could hypothetically provide a legal justification for such a refusal on the part of the pharmacist.

And in this refusal came justification for the continued blackballing of Latino authors.

But "trickle down" economics is really nothing more than an elaborate justification for millionaire selfishness -- for the refusal of the wealthiest Americans to take responsibility for the welfare of the entire community and for the next generation.