Sentences with phrase «often used as an excuse»

As such, it's not an excuse not to do what you want to do (but it's often used as an excuse to not do what you don't want to do).

I wont try to put a number on it, but I know your reasons are more often used as an excuse for something deeper.

Sir Michael, the head of education watchdog, Ofsted has also claimed poverty is too often used as an excuse for educational failure among white working - class families.

For those who see «Once saved always saved» as their guidepost in life it is often used as an excuse for not abiding in Christ.

Sir Michael said poverty was all too often used as an excuse for failure by white working - class families.

An unnamed head teacher told researchers that the label of special educational needs might be «often used as an excuse for low expectations and under - preparation on the part of parents».

«Fijian Time» is a term often used as an excuse for slow service, as things (including internet speed) and people can move at snail's pace here.

It's just a shame that they are so rarely advanced in the company of evidence, and are most often used as excuses for ignoring the elephant in the room and squeezing in another two elephants over the next decade.

Yet a purported global warming «pause» (more aptly named the «faux pause») is often used as an excuse by those who oppose taking action to curb climate change.

This is often used as an excuse to not even try to submit one's ideas to peer review.

Not exact matches

Moritz, a former Time magazine journalist, went on to lament the lower numbers of women studying math and sciences as the reason why it's so difficult for the firm to hire more women — a popular excuse often used by the tech companies with low diversity numbers.

Faith is used as an excuse for ignorance far too often in our country (see Pa

Religion of any sort really doesn't change this fact, but it can be, and often is, used as an excuse.

A misconception that often serves as an excuse for not using stress - reducing techniques is the belief that they require large blocks of time and a quiet place.

Honesty and authenticity to one's self is of course very important, but it can often be used as an excuse to not grow or challenge oneself.

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

And also on how he uses his down on refs as an excuse for our poor play, very often.

I pumped an average of 40 min every 3 hours and he would often say that I tried to hold it over his head or used it as an excuse to get him to do things for me.

I've been using this arsenic rice thing as the perfect excuse to eat more organic whole wheat penna pasta, a personal guilty pleasure, more often.

Ultimately I feel like the shoots are a good excuse for me to create better content here in the long run, and since we have beautiful camera equipment, it does seem a shame for me not to use it as often as I can.

Serial womanisers, don't devote their time to one girl, instead they keep the contact to a bare minimum and will often use work as an excuse.

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.

He added: «Local authority officers acknowledge the problem, but too often use the excuse of bureaucracy, legislation or lack of resources as a reason for inaction.»

Memorization and public speaking are two important skills that are often overlooked by teachers, so why not use the Memorial Day holiday as an excuse to focus on them?

Rather than being an excuse to play games, they often use it as a conference call opportunity, as Bendis pointed out sometimes they never play.

I'd definitely agree, but not if it's simply used as some kind of excuse / short - cut to reducing growth investing back down into a purely quantitative exercise... which would surely defeat the purpose, and quite often proves the most efficient way to find broken growth stocks & business models.]

It's intellectually lazy to use culture as an excuse for cruelty because all cultures evolve over time and we often shed practices of the past.

It is used often as an excuse for the enclosure and privatization of public resources, on the specious basis that private owners have a vested interest in protecting the environment whereas the rest of us who have to share the resource do not.

Their emissions targets could still use tightening, but for developing countries which are often scapegoated and used by developed nations as an excuse not to reduce their own emissions (as Mitt Romney did), China and India are on the right track.

China is often used as a scapegoat and excuse [continue reading...]

Insurance companies often use this «gap» in treatment as an excuse to argue that the injuries were not caused by the car accident.

It is much misunderstood — too often it has been used by under - performing organisations as an excuse for their own failures.

Media reports often spur mixed opinions to how the police force in the US tackle [emergency] cases; the use of armed weaponry and the ability to «shoot to stop» has caused controversy, as self - defence being used as an excuse to purposely «aim to harm» due to alternative predisposed aims are in play during discussions.

Often, this is used as an excuse to provide less compensation than deserved for injuries and losses.

Often the defence is used in conjunction with other defences, such as the more general defence of the person or even the excuses of duress or necessity.

The evolutionary improvements in performance and battery life between two generations of Intel processor — 6th Gen to 7th Gen, for example — may not be significant on their own However, manufacturers often use a CPU or GPU refresh as an excuse to make a laptop lighter or add new features like a higher - res screen, a faster SSD or new ports.

But often the «break» is used as an excuse to delay the inevitable.

But sellers who lament a flurry of potential competition often use this as a bad excuse not to sell.