Sentence examples for prime justification from inspiring English sources

Rather, Mr. Hussein's refusal to comply with United Nations resolutions was the prime justification, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.

The movie was cited as a prime justification for the then-new Production Code, which kept major films sanitized for many years to come.

A prime justification for his rebellion was dissatisfaction with Mr Berlusconi's lackadaisical view of alleged corruption in his government and his party.

But the massive, automation-fueled job displacement cited as the prime justification for a basic income won't actually reach us for decades, assuming it does come.

There seems little doubt that the Bush administration's prime justification for invading Iraq -- the fear that Saddam Hussein harbored weapons of mass destruction -- was way off base.

The failure so far to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the prime justification for an immediate invasion, or definitive links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda has raised serious questions about the quality of American intelligence and even dark hints that the data may have been manipulated to support a pre-emptive war.

To the "liberal hawks" he became a hero -- the "leader of the free world" for Paul Berman -- and those Blair Democrats find the prime minister's justification of the Iraq war through progressive internationalist rhetoric more soothing than the naked power politics of their own president.

20] by a leading government spokesman in justification of  Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to increase British armaments, despite the Munich "Peace with Honor" which  was to assure "peace in our time".

Arthur Spiegel Miami, June 3, 2010 • To the Editor: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's justifications aside, the question the United States has to ask itself is why his administration appears incapable of reacting to current events without creating a fierce diplomatic imbroglio and whether or not this means that his government should be viewed as a partner in the peace process or as an obstacle.

Nick Clegg, home affairs spokesman for the Lib Dems, said: "What is so distressing about this latest justification from the prime minister is that he has changed his tune almost week-by-week in justifying ID cards.

Iannucci compared the behaviour of the current government with Tony Blair's defence of his decision to invade Iraq in 2004, when the former prime minister said of his justification to act: "I only know what I believe".