Sentence examples for potential excuse for from inspiring English sources

Until Rodriguez performs effectively and the Yankees prove that they are not smothered by their latest, greatest distraction, his situation will loom as a potential excuse for any failure.

Coughlin dismissed potential excuses for the running struggles, including injuries.

As a result of this, they "are already looking at what the potential excuses for performance failures could be".

Almost docile in his approach the past few days -- evidently because of Camby's situation -- Van Gundy was back to his old self today, condemning his team for its faults in Game 2, demanding excellence in Game 3 and refusing to accept any potential excuses for defeat.

So one week in, there is room for improvement, and questions about the numerous injuries as a potential excuse were quickly shot down.

The Mets have almost as many potential excuses as errors.

England's first match against Italy on 14 June will take place in the city of Manaus in the Amazon jungle, but goalkeeper Joe Hart is refusing to let weather conditions be an excuse for any potential shortcomings.

So the fact that it's continually being used in order to exploit us and to leverage potential abuses of power, more excuse for war all these things that feed money into this system... that's a problem.

" If you're desperate for a favor, it can be quite tempting to shoot down a potential helper's excuses for not being able to help.

When a car battery manufacturer refused to allow women to do certain jobs unless they had a doctor's note stating they were infertile, on the grounds that lead exposure could harm a fetus, employees sued, and Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: Concern for a woman's existing or potential offspring historically has been the excuse for denying women equal employment opportunities.

Repercussions are important because of their possible paradoxical effect as an excuse for not changing.