Sentence examples for served to justify from inspiring English sources

In April 2017, he signed a "Buy American, Hire American" executive order, which has served to justify several recent changes.

The latter title served to justify his rule over Turko-Mongol pastoral nomads, thus staking claim to simultaneous rule over China and Inner Asia.

This legacy served to justify Spain's colonization of Morocco and also to define the Moroccan national culture that supplanted colonial rule.

And they never doubted their right to do so, as suggested by the three C's -- Christianity, Civilization and Commerce -- that served to justify their empire-building.

Ultimately, however, this revenge also served to justify in dramatic terms a scene in which the camera lingers on a powerful man beating a woman.

Just as some say he personified the goodness of human nature and the value of teaching, she noted, others believe he served to justify strong rules and law.

These ideas serve to justify or legitimize the unequal distribution of economic and political power.

"It serves to justify them in their minds, pulling away responsibility for certain groups of people.

The supposed "international Marxist plot" serves to justify turning the forest into a commodity.

But we know from history that premonitions of imminent barbarism serve to justify extreme countermeasures.

From Tehran's point of view they were illegally imposed, and serve to justify all other bilateral and regional sanctions.