Sentence examples for with a justification from inspiring English sources

The masked marchers were presumed to be possible members of anarchist groups, or even provocateurs who would provide the police with a justification for responding with violence.

The European Commission today gave France five more days to come up with a justification for its intended bailout of Alstom that does not breach the European Union's state-aid rules.

When he took a swipe at Mrs. Clinton, it was in the spirit of spoof rather than of self-affirmation, and he never confused the absurdity of her position with a justification for his own.

The economic argument against spending the surplus has not been much heeded in Washington anyway, but a faltering economy would provide lawmakers with a justification for some old-style Keynesian pump-priming.

Abelard became the abbot of the new community and provided it with a rule and with a justification of the nun's way of life; in this he emphasized the virtue of literary study.

But with the disappearance of the budget surplus, the effort also provided the administration with a justification for freezing or cutting programs to make room for its two priorities, increasing spending on the military in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks and pushing for a new round of tax cuts intended to help the economy.

The state would have to come in with some sort of a justification.

My Twitter stream was filled with people looking for a justification to buy.

Only with a clear justification and, perhaps, even a clear conscience.

Indeed, as Mayer notes, it may be too late now to come up with a clear justification.

The winners here are the people who hit back by protesting (with a little justification, of course) that some car journeys are necessary.