Sentence examples for points of excuse from inspiring English sources

Troupes of people kept rising on points of order and points of privilege and points of checking privilege and points of "excuse me but the last speaker failed to sufficiently check their privilege".

The fact that strong anti-American arguments had to be used at numerous points of the Read report as an excuse for the liberalisation policy again illustrates the extent to which the interests of private industry have dictated the text.

"This may be some kind of excuse.

Collingwood can point to excuses for these past few years.

The less controversial kind of excuse is cognitive, and is enshrined in the famous M'Naughten rules.

But having a culture should not be an excuse for excluding employees with different backgrounds, points of view or working styles.

As the years pass, he reports, the collective breasts "drooped ever lower (except for the spooky rejiggered racks that now bounced)." And switching to a 20-something's point of view is no excuse for "They had great sex, he knew tons of cool people, including the mayor, and they were invited to some really happening parties.

For some Haitian politicians, the electoral confusion just a few miles north in Florida was a point of amusement and an excuse for evasion when they were asked about the irregularities in the May elections or the fairness of last week's elections.

"With their supermajority, the era of excuses and finger-pointing is now over," said Senator John Cornyn of Texas, who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

The Cyclones are ahead by six points — excuse me, runs.

He continued: "We've had injuries, but it's kind of past the point of using those as excuses now.