Sentences with phrase «even use that as an excuse»

I may even use it as an excuse to strike up a conversation with them, as honestly I have never had an in depth religious discussion with a Satanist and think it might be an interesting way to pass the time on a plane.

Some have even used this as an excuse NOT to plan, since the estimates will always be off, targets will be missed and you'll spend all your time explaining why.

Not exact matches

The $ 1.2 trillion high - yield debt market could face a double whammy as spreads tighten and investors use the corporate earnings season starting in the second week of October as an excuse to take even more profits.

So, basically, Israel is using Gaza as an excuse to slice and dice the West Bank into separated small areas of Palestinians who are all effectively in prison camps even though most people living in the West Bank just want to live in peace and not be attacked regularly by Israeli settlers.

Ancient Christian so - called persecution at the hands of Romans is also used today as an excuse to persecute others who don't adhere to their beliefs, even by violent means.

It is understandable why the New York Times's Editorial Board would conclude that Christians view sinners as inferior — the tragic history of Christianity, even within our own country, offers many examples of Christians who have used sin as an excuse to dehumanize, discriminate, and hate others.

People will even use freedom as an excuse for evil.

The elites then use the provocations of the populists as an excuse to avoid thinking about (or even admitting) their own errors.

I have been mistreated as such in my Church as a child & so on but Im not going to use it as an EXCUSE to blame God, that's ridiculous and I do not even blame my Church.

The belief in a creator does not need to run against thinking logically... even though it is sometimes used as an excuse to «blank out» reality.

If you do not use geology as an excuse to discredit what was never even stated in the Bible you will certainly use something else.

The awful things that supposedly happened because «God told or commanded them to do it» are even more sickening than events of today where the same excuse is used by people such as extremists and Muslim Isis.

Indeed, he does not shrink from taking a criminal as an example, perhaps one well known at the time, since the children of light can learn even from the children of darkness: that unjust steward who is put out of his office does not think of using excuses in order to hold onto his position; he thinks only how, with one final deceit, he can make his future secure while he still has the ability to do so (Luke 16:1 — 8).

You may even want to use this as an excuse to buy a dutch oven pan like this one I used because it's so nice to be able to move the pan straight from the stovetop to the oven.

Even worse, companies often use these «added nutrients» as an excuse to up their price.

I even used this recipe as an excuse to go buy a Dutch oven:).

Reading the thread on this article and I noticed a lot of people naming strikers we could have gotten in past transfer windows that have gone to other club and failed, Balotelli, Falcao, Martinez, Boney etc are recurring names in all the comments, and am sat here thinking because they failed in thee clubs does not necessarily mean they would have failed if we had pulled out our fingers and hot them back then, Balotelli aside I strongly believe all of these players could have made a difference playing infront of our midfield and given the kind of attention and care Wenger gives Giroud and Walcott, adapting our play to suit them and giving them chances after chances even when its blatantly obvious they are average players so please lets not keep using that as an excuse for Wenger's ultra careful attitude in the transfer market, they could have failed with us, or they could have been massive for us, all speculations.

And using injuries as an excuse won't do if we lose or even draw.

In addition we're too loyal to players who can't stay on the pitch for more than one game a season, Wilshere shouldn't even be considered for the first team until he's fully fit next year, Rosicky should've been released last season, but Wenger used them as an excuse not to buy available quality in midfield.

It certainly means that Arsene Wenger can not use the absent players as an excuse, even though Koscielny, Cazorla and Cech would usually be the first names on the team sheet.

I am not even going to go that far with the likes of Guardiola, Simeone, Heynkess, Fergusson, (SAD WENGER USED TO BE ON THIS LIST) watching the Chelskis game noticed Allardyce was making changes and bringing SUBS at the 58th minute (not 85) at least trying to change things against a team that was vastly superior, what WENGER does in these cases brings POLDI at the 85 minute and Campbell at injury time... well except against LIVERFOOL when he did all the wrong changes... The man has no ideas anymore, completely lost touch with reality and bringing still the World Cup (people already forgot who won it) as an excuse proves it.

Injury problems, loss of form, a run of bad results and even some bad luck with a referee decision or two is all very well, but the simple fact is that Arsenal have failed to capitalise on promising positions and situations and that needs to change, so I think it is good to hear Walcott himself admit as much and not try to use excuses.

When he plays most times we don't win cus of his style which has refused to change to suit other players, and stop using injuries as an excuse for his poor performances.Ramsey has been having injuries as well and each time even when he is out of form he tries to make clever passes and with him the midfield is stable and creative coupled with his contribution with goals but Wilshere?

Next comes the Reffs, football pitch, and even Ball boys to be used as Excuse.

Your kids can not make you yell at them even though you may be using them as the excuse for your yelling.

In the Assembly, despite a lot of very public complaining, few Democrats — with the exception of Assemblyman Micah Kellner — have been willing to say definitively that they'll vote «no» on even a tweaked version of the LATFOR plans, using the fact that they haven't seen the final version as an excuse.

Gov. Paterson will wait until June — or even later — to get a «fiscally responsible» budget and won't allow lawmakers to use borrowing «as an excuse not to cut spending,» an administration source said yesterday.

He speculated that Cuomo was seeking national headlines and seeking primarily to placate the left, and then wondered whether it was even worse, and Cuomo was using the latest shooting tragedy as an excuse to push a radical gun agenda he wanted to advance «all along.»

Even though I had just had a baby, I had gained much more than the recommended weight and was using pregnancy as an excuse to binge eat and not exercise.

My kids don't sleep in, so I use their young ages and early bedtimes as an excuse to skip out on many evening social events (which helps me get to bed at a good time throughout the holidays too!).

I don't even have a mirror to use as an excuse!

I am even on board with the idea that you use this dress as a humorous excuse not to take life too seriously, to grab your friends and go together in your gowns and tuxes just to eat at McDonalds, to have a evening dressed ridiculously in front of a campfire eating smores and laughing before you all change into your PJs and crawl into your tents.

Even though I don't go out as much as I used to, I do enjoy an excuse to get dressed up for a night out when the opportunity arises.

However, even if a dating site claims they are taking certain precautions, members should not use that as an excuse to not take certain precautions themselves.

And MY point is that the failure of SOME female - led films is often used by the industry as an excuse not to make more, even when the failure of SOME male - led films never stops them from making more.

But even when he can not use his job as an excuse, he often purchases new sets and eagerly shares them on Twitter.

It's hardly even worth complaining, then, that Anchorman uses its faux satire of the 1970s as an excuse to play out male fantasies of knocking uppity women — like aspiring anchorwoman Christina Applegate (View from the Top, The Sweetest Thing)-- back down into their proper place; as with the new Stepford Wives, Anchorman pretends to send up passé attitudes while actually expressing very contemporary fears.

Even if the practices of FGM were grounded on actual and commonly accepted religious or cultural basis, this could certainly not be used as a form of excuse or justification for this custom's (FGM's) acceptance and integration in a society.

Of the 2,000 women polled by the organisation, almost half (46 %) stated that they had used their periods as an excuse to skip PE classes, even when they felt well enough to take part.

And since the demographics of these schools gave them a «peer index» of 2.27 which is above the city average of 2.25, they can't even use their demographics as an «excuse.»

There are a few issues however, the quality of some of the materials used is distinctly sub-par, some soft touch surfaces do alleviate the budget feel but even at this low price point there is no excuse for cheap interior trim as others like the Mazda CX - 3 and Nissan Rogue Sport do it much better.

Even if Mercedes - AMG used the Goodwood Festival of Speed as a good excuse to officially present the upcoming AMG GT R, the hot ride is still undergoing serious testing, and the present of the camouflage around the body indicates that there are still plenty of modifications to be added to improve the car «s aerodynamics.

It can determine content violates the law of other jurisdictions, even those where it doesn't sell products, and use that as an excuse to delete content.

I have a couple of acquaintances who use that as their primary excuse for NOT self - ePubbing, and even though both my wife and I have asked why readers wouldn't validate them, they continue to argue they won't feel validated unless they're validated by «professionals».

(And even if it isn't, I'll probably use that as my excuse to stay a little disconnected for a while.

But, even though index funds have a place for some people, I do not think that they should be used as an excuse to do nothing else at all.

We believe that no culture in any country must ever be used as an excuse for cruelty, even if it means includes challenging norms, including in the West.

Obviously it's another case of United following in Delta's footsteps and using «it's what the computer says it is» as an excuse to give less to their customers, but even delta.com still lets you find individual legs and piece together your own routing.

The article states nowhere that the game is a shit port, or that they even used an excuse of it being hard to develop for as a reason why it could be bad on the PS3.

This type of excuse isn't just limited to peripherals, as you can basically use anything to blame for a loss or even quit out of a game where you are doing poorly.