Example sentences of "it [be] justify " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the possession of essential components was crucial to man , which it is not , would it be justified to say that an animal which does not have these components could not feel pain ? |
| 2 | Can it be justified to send to prison people too poor to pay fines — and there are more such persons during times of economic crisis — not only when the original crime of which they were convicted did not warrant a prison sentence , but when their crime is trivial in the extreme in comparison with corporate crimes which we lack the political will to tackle directly by socialist remedies ? |
| 3 | So intervention can not be justified when another more appropriate person is available and willing to act ; nor can it be justified when it is contrary to the known wishes of the assisted person , to the extent that he is capable of rationally forming such a wish . |
| 4 | If he really accepts that , somehow or other , the Common Market is a panacea and if the British people have no say about whether we should continue our membership of that club , which does not have the interests of the common people at heart , how can it be justified ? |
| 5 | ‘ strength … balanced by strength ’ ( Statement of Commitment ) — is this a reasonable goal — can it be justified in any Christian sense ? |