There is no doubt that comprehensive tax reform would be challenging and politically difficult, but this should not be used
as an excuse not to do it.
Saying «I don't think he's really Christian» is
just as excuse for people who don't have the guts to be honest.
Of course, this should not be
taken as an excuse to hit the first fast - food joint, and stuff yourself with grease.
However it shouldn't be used by politicians
as an excuse when things go wrong to hide delays and costs from proper scrutiny.
The modern computer is a new tool, and I think of these simple
things as excuses for data gathering.
Well, we don't actually need the holiday
season as an excuse to do that but it's still a good time nonetheless.
And I'm equally convinced that pointing to
poverty as an excuse for why we fail to properly educate poor kids only serves to condemn more of them to lives of poverty.
I, on the other hand, adore these «salads» and will admit to using this
blog as an excuse for making them.
There's more flexibility to equip multiple versions of your favourite weapon types, though, as
well as an excuse to experiment with the latest and greatest guns.
People who want to resist change, for any number of reasons, latch on to this
argument as another excuse to avoid action on climate.
Any failure to implement the recommendations of this report will be treated by some
governments as an excuse to do nothing.
They really are using a public relations cover
story as an excuse to give away government enterprise on the cheap to their backers.
So many cite the
bible as their excuse for discrimination, yet there is no proof that the bible is the word of god, or that any god, ever, has existed.
This project
started as an excuse for me to discover more about pit bulls, and to see for myself what the debate was about.
They keep working on a theory, taking into account, but not
accepting as excuse, the conditions in which the students and the schools come to you.
Unfortunately, what we have here is a thin story served up
merely as an excuse to showcase the special effects.
If you don't have a reason to make cake this weekend, I give you full permission to use my
birthday as an excuse.
My monthly book club — originally made up of friends from university — has been running close to 20 years and was
created as an excuse to get together with some favourite people regularly.
Phrases with «as an excuse»