Sentence examples for used to help justify from inspiring English sources
That accusation, later partly discredited, was used to help justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq by American forces.
A lack of rigid, "recognisable" boundaries was used to help justify Europe's violent scramble to occupy and annex land throughout Africa in the 19th century.
In 2002, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, an Al Qaeda operative held by the Egyptian government, made statements, under torture, suggesting links between Saddam Hussein and bin Laden; this information was used to help justify the invasion of Iraq.
As a result, he said, the economic ripple effect, which was used to help justify building the Javits Center and others, is not as potent as it once was.
The president of Tennessee Tech University has disavowed a study used to help justify the repeal of tighter federal emissions standards for a type of freight trucks, saying that experts now question "the methodology and accuracy" of the industry-funded test.
Even as speakeasies have proliferated in Williamsburg and elsewhere around the city — where a "secret" entrance, a bartender with a bow tie and the veneer of something illicit are used to help justify charging $15 for a gin fizz — there are less gilded spaces like the House of Yes scattered about as well.
In a national survey by Building Operating Management magazine, more than 70percentt of facility managers surveyed used benchmarking information to guide energy efficiency upgrade plans, and 67percentt used it to help justify energy efficiency improvements.
Raskolnikov used that argument to help justify pole-axing an old moneylender and robbing her of her hoard.
That warrant has become deeply contentious and is crucial to Republican arguments that intelligence agencies improperly used Democratic research to help justify spying on the Trump campaign.
His work has drawn the ire of the LGBT community, and has also been used in Uganda to help justify an anti-homosexual movement that culminated in a legislative effort known as the "Kill The Gays Bill".
They also intend to use data trends to help justify new programs and additional expenditures to the New Jersey State Legislature.
