Example sentences of "[noun sg] can only [be] justified " in BNC.
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| 1 | This investment can only be justified for systems where transactions have a huge value to that business . |
| 2 | The ERM can only be justified as a stepping-stone towards a Single Currency . |
| 3 | For instance , the relatively high costs of a quality orientated operation can only be justified if forecasts of market demand show that customers will remain insensitive to price increases , but sensitive to variations in product quality . |
| 4 | Such treatment can only be justified if it is necessary to give a true and fair view . |
| 5 | In those circumstances treatment can only be justified by the principle of necessity , as stated by Lord Goff of Chieveley in In re F. ( Mental Patient : Sterilisation ) [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 1 , 75–76 : |
| 6 | Indeed , in my opinion , the privilege can only be justified on two grounds , first that it discourages the ill-treatment of a suspect and secondly that it discourages the production of dubious confessions . |