Sentence examples for outside excuses from inspiring English sources

Mr Mbeki recently joined the call for an "African renaissance": an era of responsible African government that no longer looks for outside excuses for failure.In this section Iran's deadly earthquake Jordan asks for more First among unequals Who shall be Iran's president?

Take advantage of the brief moment of muddy half-light that passes for daytime to herd everyone outside, no excuses, no exceptions.

Many people I meet wonder why we feel better when we don't look outside for excuses for how we feel on the inside.

Mr. Nice added that Mr. Milosevic's success in Dayton apparently led him to believe he could strike a similar deal over Kosovo in 1999 -- and again have the outside world excuse him.

Certainly, the promise of a quick and easy war in Iraq in 2003 was based on the same baseless idea as this one, namely that killing a president will hand a country over to outside control (excuse me, I mean, flourishing democracy).

"Do not provoke anybody, as those outside are looking for excuses to shut us down".

They ridicule talk of their links to outside agitators as mere excuses to repress them.

Complacency can kill sales teams, and sometimes outside help can remove excuses and reinvigorate your team.

Outside observers could be excused for thinking little is required to cause uproar in Scottish football circles, but the unveiling of Maurice "Mo" Johnston from Nantes to Rangers in 1989 seems to be the daddy of all JFK moments.

Obama's national security team met to discuss policy options, according to a senior administration official, while David Cameron said: "There can be no excuse for outside military intervention in Ukraine – a point I made to President Putin when we spoke [on Friday].

Prime Minister David Cameron has said there can be "no excuse" for outside military intervention in Ukraine.