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Income inequality "cannot be an excuse for slowing the pace of structural reform" , he said.

This gave him solitude, an excuse for buying the huge amount of fertiliser he needed for the bomb, and a barn big enough to store it.

she was glad that she had an excuse for doing something in which she could , without scruple , forget her own grief.

The passage is being used, in part, as an excuse for the need for such a nationwide system, a nationwide test.

Parsons did, indeed, invariably revert to shorts when a community hike or any other physical activity gave him an excuse for doing so.

waiting is not for you to coming back but only an excuse for me to right here.

If he'd said a "load of crap" or something similar I'd have had an excuse for ordering him from my office.

In any case, teething troubles with a few new members should not become an excuse for slamming the door on others.

I tell TJ autism is not an excuse for not being able to do something, it's an explanation for why it's more of a struggle for us.

As I dragged my feet slowly down the sidewalk I tried to think of an excuse for being late home.

But at least "mutual incomprehension" can no longer be offered as an excuse for failure.

It is bad for you to look for an excuse for your error.

A better way for outsiders to help is to ensure that concerns over radiation in Japanese products do not become an excuse for protectionism.

Labour accuse him of using the euro crisis as an excuse for poor growth but many voters seem to think it is a good one.

Now think about it, their attitude is so Taibuyinggai, and the face of student learning, how can a teacher to a meal as an excuse for it?

The Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he'd urged Mr. Zelayer not to give the security forces an excuse for violence.

For her, government was nothing more than licensed robbery and altruism just an excuse for power-grabbing.

Some people raise concerns that talk of transitions is an excuse for indefinitely putting off the end of the welfare state.

Geography can no longer be used as an excuse for absolving itself of any responsibility in the region.

It's believed to be a very rare mutation, not an excuse for the rest of us who stay up too late.

He made an excuse for his having made a mistake.

Not really. To embroil the war with the settlement of such intractable disputes is to give an excuse for prevarication.

Jose Mourinho tried to refuse to use the internationals as an excuse for the performance, but he found it impossible.

He made up an excuse for having not made it on time.

into an excuse for you to be around booze and women?

But using that history as an excuse for inaction or blanket bans of online gambling would be a mistake.

Free-market ideology turned out to be an excuse for new forms of exploitation.

It cannot be a substitute for political solutions and should not serve as an excuse for their absence.

Its insistence that its main role in responding to the crisis would be to keep China's economy growing smacked of an excuse for inaction.

Osterman found an excuse for going to bed.

Apparent differences between ESL teaching and EFL teaching cannot be an excuse for denying their similarities.

He made up an excuse for his absence.

But State Department Deputy Spokesman Robert Wood said Syria should not use it as an excuse for returning military forces to Lebanon.

But he believes physicians too often use this as an excuse for an individualized form of medicine that is not evidence-based.

Don't look for an excuse for your failure. If you can't bear hard work now, you will have to bear tears next July.

To many people around the world, America's rhetoric about democracy sounds a lot like an excuse for furthering U. S. hegemony.

The current global economic crisis could serve as a trigger for changes that the country badly needs -- or as an excuse for doing nothing.

Bandits set fire to kill, is the owner of an excuse for not allowing him to steal into the house, is absolutely ridiculous!

It afforded an occasion for their leaving Mansfield and an excuse for residence in London.

Her cooking is excellent. That isn't an excuse for you to avoid cooking.

That this will take time and money cannot be an excuse for leaving people to suffer.

Yet in many ways the reverse is true: the Games have been an excuse for the party to assert control over an increasingly disparate society.

As for they demonizing the aborigines in Africa and America was nothing but make an excuse for their colonialism.

On both counts, an excuse for doing nothing was the concern that political opposition would have jeopardised the whole bill.

I'm afraid because if I feel beautiful and confident I won't have an excuse for not pursuing my passions and dreams.

That would not be an excuse for us to draw today, I just think Leyton Orient played a great game.

So, the real economic impact of the Japanese disaster results from the fact that it gives our leadership an excuse for poor economic policy.

They invented an excuse for having to leave earlier than usual.

Protesters say the police are talking up the risks to provide an excuse for heavy-handedness.

And I also hope that it will not become an excuse for novices to spend much time on leisure pursuits.

"Nothing I say should be taken as an excuse for my behaviour. I take full responsibility for what I did. "

Do not try to give yourself any excuse, an excuse for the error before the unloved ones.

The bipartisan Baker-Hamilton report gives Mr Bush an excuse for making just such a pivot.

I've dreamed of finding an excuse for sitting in Starbucks all day.

The market looked for an excuse for a correction, and got one in the Libya unrest and Japanese earthquake.

The other person is only a catalyst, an excuse for us to exercise our power and our imagination about ourselves.

Although this custom is dying out, the tradition still provides the ladies with an excuse for buying spring clothes.

I wasn't sure if the game was just an excuse for kicking me out, but he looked excited enough now.

Though the broader Middle East has no history of democracy, this is not an excuse for doing nothing.

I'm not able to use nicotine as an excuse for my bad temper in the morning.

The World Cup in the U. S. is really an excuse for people to try and sound sophisticated as they pound down Buds, the all-American beer.

Of course, there is always the danger that a call for more research can be used as an excuse for political inaction in the meantime.

Critics say politicians are using state budget problems as an excuse for union-busting -- an effort to take away rights to organize.

In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions.

This is not an excuse for anything, but a piece of the reality in which we all live.

If such an accident should occur, apologies are fulsome but should never be used as an excuse for further conversation.

The war on terror must never be used as an excuse for silencing legitimate dissent and expressions of opinion.

She thought out an excuse for her absence.

This is an excuse for postponing and resisting reunification, as well as a scheme to deceive compatriots in Taiwan and world opinion.

It provided an excuse for cracking down on their Islamist opponents.

Arthur's death provides an excuse for a French invasion, as Mary's death provoked Philip II to launch the Spanish Armada.

Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an excuse for breaking the law.

The idea that the regime needs to let bombs off in order to have an excuse for a reshuffle sounds batty.

Captain Cesc Fabregas has said that the club can no longer use youth and inexperience as an excuse for them not winning important matches.

And this has fed an almost reflexive anti-Americanism, which too often has served as an excuse for collective inaction.

That, however, should not be an excuse for failing to supervise food safety issues.

He had to get his mother to write an excuse for him.

Markets will probably greet this as good news and an excuse for some more "risk on" trading but it should cause concern.

'I cannot offer you an excuse for my behavior, ' Mr. Madoff said.

Yet these delusions of recovery have been an excuse for doing nothing as the jobs crisis festers.

The press has questioned the government's right to cite ill-defined "public interest" as an excuse for knocking down homes.

Wine provided both a chief topic of discussion and an excuse for late hours, which were spent sampling new and exotic varieties.

But that is not an excuse for ignoring the opinions of users. In fact, you should carefully gather as much feedback as you can.

Anyone who objects to this utopian mandate, they maintain, is just making an excuse for low expectations and bad teachers.

He made up an excuse for his absence in class, which was found out.

They collected her hag and headed for the car. Gussie had deliberately packed for only four days-an excuse for a short visit.

Some even contend that Mr Bush orchestrated the attacks himself, to create an excuse for invading Iraq.

In the west, the non-interference policy is seen at times as an excuse for Beijing to support unsavoury regimes.

But neither of these factors provide an excuse for harassment and rape.

Research shows that about 60 percent of schools have inadequate laboratories, or health and safety is an excuse for not doing experiments.

Research shows that about 60 percent of schools have inadequate laboratories, or health and safety is an excuse for not doing experiments.

He used the heavy rain as an excuse for not attending the meeting.

But a cause of national celebration is also, inevitably, an excuse for partisan manoeuvring.

I don't feel like more paperwork, so if you can give me an excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before, you can go.

There has always been an excuse for putting off reform.

"I cannot make an excuse for my behaviour" .

We must not for any reason is an excuse for the ideal way of blocking efforts.

now he was seen driving, and, most likely, would have an excuse for that.

Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness. It is not accepting the status quo.

I didn't like his friends, and his music seemed to be merely an excuse for the life he led. It sounded just that weird and disordered.

Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.

Giving excuses. Never give an excuse for your mistakes.

I was not always find an excuse for a lot of failure for their own sophistry ?

Indeed, holidays around the world are typically an excuse for a big group meal.

was the real reason for your absence? We must invent an excuse for our absence.

So, rape is hardly an excuse for the alarming amount of legal abortions that occur nation-wide.

Introspection as an excuse for inaction is becoming less and less valid.

However, don't mistake this as an excuse for shelving schema validation.

His backache is only an excuse for not gardening.

Bellicose rhetoric most often serves as an excuse for inaction.

Under the ordinance, employers cannot exploit pregnancy as an excuse for sackings.

Isolationists in the 1940s accused Franklin Roosevelt of deliberately letting the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour to provide an excuse for war.

He pleaded poverty in extenuation of(ie AS an excuse for)the theft.

Destiny is an excuse for those who don't have the strength to fulfil their wishes.

But when all is said and done, it's just an excuse for some nice action scenes and nothing more.

Ordinary friends find you borrow money to find an excuse for your real friends, when asked to borrow money.

At the same time, using your boss' inability to explain things as an excuse for not doing them just does not fly.

Proms are to celebrate graduating from high school, but are really just an excuse for getting drunk.

But some have used the religious concept as an excuse for violence.

It seems better suited to new, growing companies than established ones, where it can be an excuse for complacency.

He invented an excuse for being late for the meeting.

However, it too often is an excuse for callous indifference.

We must not use poor training as an excuse for ineffectiveness.

As one Western observer put it, the Obama visit provided "an excuse for Indonesians to relish their own myths" .

I wonder: can linking these things with being young just be an excuse for losing them as we grow older?

Per the Zetas, NASA is squeezed between their lies and their need to have an excuse for the Earth changes. They are squirming.

Someone who suffered the setbacks always more or less gives an excuse for theirselves .

The opposition worries that the bomb will be used as an excuse for another crackdown.

"They will use this as an excuse for making us lose all our games, " fans complained.

"Oh, randomness is just an excuse for ignorance, " quips Lynn Margulis.

I do not use travel as an excuse for anything.

That being said, it is really bad form to use this as an excuse for failure.

The student made up an excuse for his being late.

In the end, if you let it become a habit, it can become a real roadblock, an excuse for not trying any more.

Judy came up with an excuse for being late.

Sickness is an excuse for his late.

That's only an excuse for your quitting.

There is no meaning to life itself. People give life meaning to find an excuse for what he or she is doing. It also applies to painting.

vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting.

There are many festivals, like Lovers Day, Single Day, for me, it's only an excuse for gathering.

Don't make an excuse for your absence.

She used the bad weather as an excuse for not coming.

To date, both sides have used each other as an excuse for inaction.

Don't accept culture as an excuse for cruelty.

The boy gave the teacher a song and dance about his being ill as an excuse for playing truant.

You don't need to make an excuse for your conduct.

But doubtless an excuse for another bear rally will show up before long.

if opened this bad cases, anyone can be an excuse for the future there are precedents.

Poverty could never be used as an excuse for not doing what God wanted.

A lot of the time your supposed pickiness is just an excuse for why you haven't done better with women.

He seized on the rain as an excuse for not attending school.

He invented an excuse for his absence.

Yet a crackdown on crime is not an excuse for racism.

Being authentic is not an excuse for being a jerk.

John concocted an excuse for being late and the manager believed him.

Don't let a large organization be an excuse for mediocrity.

But we shouldn't use that as an excuse for cynicism and inaction.

He invented an excuse for his being late.

But it also eliminates an excuse for failure.

Bob seized on the rain as an excuse for missing school.

The boy made up an excuse for his being late.

made an excuse for not going to work?

There is no use making an excuse for this.

Can this be an excuse for not giving them help ?

The student fabricate an excuse for being late.

I feel very strongly: this is not an excuse for men to behave badly.

In the final analysis, fear should not be an excuse for our refusal to learn and aloofness is not reason for us to avoid the renewal.

I wrote an excuse for my absence from school.

He manufactured an excuse for being late.

The boy seized on the rain as an excuse for missing school.

We have an excuse for not being okay or manifesting our potential.

Can this be an excuse for being late?

She made up an excuse for being late.

concocted an excuse for being late.

She faltered out an excuse for being late.

He concocted an excuse for being late.

The criticisms were an excuse for people who had learned to lose.

He invented an excuse for being late.

He trotted out an excuse for being late.

Everyone has shortcomings. This is used as an excuse for a minor Mistake that has been made.

He can always come up with an excuse for his being late.

Why do you make an excuse for that every time?

Can I make an excuse for why I can't accept it?

John concocted an excuse for being late and the teacher believed him.

out an excuse for being late.

Though to some, it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time.

I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class.

We must invent an excuse for our being late.

We must invent an excuse for being late.

His rule is that "options are never an excuse for bad design" .

This is simply an excuse for failure, more common among 3rdworld nations!

You mustn't make an excuse for him.

Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.

So stop using your search for meaning as an excuse for not getting a job.

1, We must invent an excuse for our absence.

This thinking which they thought to make people degenerative, and make an excuse for their mistake.

That is never an excuse for sin.

The constant improvement in computer power, impressive as it is, is not an excuse for overlooking efficiency, for at least three reasons

51 a holiday for seven days, has been to find a time wondering where to go around with, but always a lot to find an excuse for not.

Do you have an excuse for being late?

Often the partner without A. D. H. D. worries that the diagnosis will give the other partner an excuse for not helping;

Hence mobile warfare is in no way an excuse for people like Han Fu-chu and can never mean moving only backward, and never forward;

Love is allowed to bo an excuse for our most unreasonable follies

There's always an excuse for it

You might not achieve very much, using self-acceptance as an excuse for laziness

account for; give an excuse for

= get an excuse for not knowing

that a head injury is not an excuse for debauchery