Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] justified " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a mistake to suggest that there were no direct links between business and local government at this time and , indeed , it may be justified to acknowledge that they were becoming more important and more regular through various forms of consultation . |
| 2 | This is an extravagant way to behave , though it may be justified : no one knows for sure . |
| 3 | It may be justified where : ( i ) the original factors leading to registration no longer apply ; ( ii ) the child and his family have moved to another area ( and responsibility for the case has been transferred to another authority ) ; ( iii ) the child has reached the age of 18 years or married ; or ( iv ) the child has died ( para 6.45 ) . |
| 4 | Therefore , it is thought , it must be justified by something else — an inner feeling of pain or fear . |
| 5 | In a long dissertation it might be justified as a way of helping your reader remember your starting point ; in a short essay , however , it is redundant and simply shows that you do n't know how to finish . |
| 6 | When such practice first occurred it could be justified . |
| 7 | Secondly , it would be justified if there is a demand for such training — from Christians engaged in development work , and from future church leaders who want both to understand ‘ the problems cropping up everywhere ’ and to support development initiatives with a chance of success . |
| 8 | In cystic fibrosis there are people who are severely ill for whom it would be justified to try treatments even at a very experimental stage . |
| 9 | erm I think that the amount is justified , erm I do n't think it would be justified to increase spending on twinning by any large amount . |
| 10 | In concluding his discussion of corporate crime , Box raises the question of whether it can be justified to send thousands of people to prison each year because they are too poor to pay fines ( in 1981 , 20,000 males were imprisoned for defaulting on fine payments ) when their crime is trivial in the extreme in comparison with corporate crime . |
| 11 | It can be justified as preserving the independence of the organisation , and the freedom of action to perform its functions . |
| 12 | This seems a particularly harsh result where the person assaulted was in plain clothes , and it may be doubted whether it can be justified in principle . |
| 13 | Multicultural mathematics is unlikely to be tokenistic if it can be justified in terms of mathematical purposes , linguistic purposes and anti-racist purposes . |
| 14 | Erm , we do work together , where we share a common agenda , and we find that we share common policy positions , and there are a lot discussions that go on about policy questions between environmental N G Os , erm , and also like any N G O that 's pressed for time and money , we work together where actually it can be justified by the results . |