Sentences with phrase «used as an excuse by»

By the time they make the first team they should be capable of fighting for their places on a level playing field, not being used as an excuse by the manager to inhibit the signing of quality competition for their places.

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.

«She couldn't see me because she was doing Facetime» has been used as an excuse by speeding drivers who hit little girls.

However, this should not be used as an excuse by governments to avoid recognising Aboriginal customary law.

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.

The government accused the holders of using the provision as an excuse to pass losses caused by historically low electricity prices on to the taxpayer, and announced that it was seeking a court order to declare the «change in law» provision void.

So how can you consider yourself rational when you can so easily ignore obvious facts by using the devil as an excuse?

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.

Austin is not using the Bible as an excuse, rather helping to provide God's own words by using the Bible instead of his own voice... you're arguing with God not Austin... Good luck.

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.

as with every other argument about christianity, if it really was only a belief it would be of no consequence, but unfortunately so many use their religious beliefs as an excuse to attempt to demand the rest of the population adhere to their beliefs by codifying them into civil law.

The Oregon study's finding that expanding Medicaid had a statistically insignificant impact on the health of beneficiaries could be used by many Republican politicians as an excuse to ignore health care policy beyond making some gestures in the direction of repealing Obamacare.

You're simply put off by the idea of gays and you, like HS, use the bible as an excuse for your hatred.

It is also believers who may use the Bible as an excuse to make others lives worse by hypocritically picking on gays or pro-choice advocates.

And didn't this same pope recently excuse the use of condoms, so long as they were used by h0m0s during @n @l s & x?

This is exactly what we see in Matthew 2 when King Herod feels threatened by the birth of a baby boy in Bethlehem, and then uses the claim that he wants to worship the new - born Messiah as an excuse for trying to kill Jesus.

, he used a very dodgy dossier of abuses compiled by his vicar - general, Cromwell as an excuse to «dissolve» the monasteries.

However, if any pandering pol tries to use one act by lunatic as an excuse to «regulate» my 2nd amendment rights, which is just a first baby step to ultimately confiscating all guns in the US, then I will do everything in my power to get him out of office.

It says that Jesus and his taco want you to stop blithering on about some crap in an old book written by men and quit using it as an excuse to oppress people.

They're just using this as an excuse to fill liberals with a false guilt because of the liberal «racist - phobia», and the looney «political correctness» fiasco that liberals live by.

Yes, Jesus a Liberal... and Ken you are a frightened human being... let it go... I'm not pushing anything on anyone... Christ loves everyone... man was made in God's image so deal with it... and me2 you and I both know it was the conservatives who wanted slavery... Abe Lincoln would be sickened by what has happened to his party... he was a man who stood on principle and believed in good for the common man... way different than the party you are tied to... Price... I agree with you in that there are many good Christians... unfortunately, there are many who are very ignorant and use Christ / God as a convenient excuse to denounce what they don't accept...

It can be used by abusive men as an excuse that their behavior is condoned by God.

The abortion question is simply «used as an excuse» (by the radical right, of course) to prevent CEDAW ratification, thus «embarrassing» American diplomats.

He is a little scared of getting beaten by a girl and is using the bible as an excuse.

And having been conditioned to a specific belief by your parents does not wring any special admiration from me, particularly since it was only used as an excuse, NOT to have to start thinking for oneself after leaving puberty.

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.

45 This, however, should not be used by a minister as an excuse for avoiding his duty.

Mind you, Southampton lost 8 key players plus a manager in the transfer window, they now sit fourth, 3 pts ahead of us.We can no longer use injuries as an excuse because we have always had them, and if wenger was a smart manager, he would have addressed this problem by having better squad depth, but instead he chose to send a defender out on loan despite being short in numbers at the back, foolishly chose not to sign a defender despite an array of good defenders on show at the world cup.So now who is to blame?I guess it's anyone or anything but Wenger.

All of this is another tactic, by Wenger camp to use it as excuse at the end of transfer window that we tried hard to get the right players for Arsenal, but we could get what we were looking for.

1) Overpaid players on high salaries 2) Leave selling players at the very end of transfer window 3) Club not knowing what their priorities are during a transfer window by planning beforehand 4) Being too greedy for wanting higher valuation price on average players or selling players bellow their market rate 5) Letting players hold the club to ransom by giving them game time just to make them happy 6) Using the lack of players leaving as an excuse for not signing more players

And the reaction when he drops a ball serves as a reminder that he can't make excuses for himself, because they'll be used against him by others.

These fans are getting smothered by the WOB and media whipping up hysteria, what I like to think of as the stupid fans, fans who jump on a bandwagon and using the same few excuses over and over which are not factually correct.

«Your children want you to say «no», they want and need for you to snoop, they want to use «my mom won't let me» as an excuse, they want frank discussions in which they aren't treated like infants, and by the way they want you to put down

«Your children want you to say «no», they want and need for you to snoop, they want to use «my mom won't let me» as an excuse, they want frank discussions in which they aren't treated like infants, and by the way they want you to put down your phone and pay more attention to them.

Try heading off a toddler's diversion tactics by taking care of her needs before bedtime so she won't use them as an excuse to get out of bed.

At home, the Moses basket started off next to me by the bed, but — with the excuse that the cat might use the bed as a platform to get into the basket — I moved it just a bit further away, next to the chest of drawers instead.

By this point in the month, we were both looking forward to our private time together, and found we were less likely to use being tired as an excuse to skip sex if we did it right after the kids went to bed.

However it shouldn't be used by politicians as an excuse when things go wrong to hide delays and costs from proper scrutiny.

Those who prefer permanent one - party government ask us a hard question: won't coalition always be used as an all - purpose excuse by politicians who want to betray their promises to the voters?

But don't let the God you happen to believe in be used as any sort of excuse that the 1138 rights, privileges and responsibilities which accrue to all married US citizens be denied to me as a result of your faith in YOUR God.You can believe what you want to believe, but I get to be a citizen unencumbered by YOUR particular flavor of faith.

But Labour asked if the policy was paid for by «non-doms» then why were the Tories using the current economic problems as an excuse to ditch the plans?

To the extent that the Senate Democrats are a more formidable and grown - up - looking team than the one that was repeatedly outsmarted by the geniuses known as The Four Amigos, doesn't it become that much harder to use «chaos» as an excuse for keeping them out of power?

Progressives have long accused Cuomo of disingenuously propping up the Senate Republican majority so he can use it as a convenient excuse — a buffer against having both legislative houses controlled by left - of - center Democrats — pointing to maneuvers like his 2012 deal with Skelos on a redistricting plan that gerrymandered districts in favor of the GOP.

However, taking this approach may lead to adverse political consequences for the President - such as loss of popularity; failure to re-elect down the road at the milder end of the spectrum; to higher end of the spectrum where such (in) action may be used as an excuse to remove the President before the election via either impeachment proceedings in Congress or the use of the powers granted in the 25th Amendment by the Executive branch.

Though I've cut back on my «laying out by the pool» ritual a lot over the past several years, I'll use my vitamin D - deficient status as an excuse for at least a couple great (sunscreened - up!)

London weather is crap right now and lightyears from summery, well, the miserable weather can be used as a good excuse for long catch - ups with friends, here at The Waterway yesterday, and as extra «comfort» I've got a new bag beauty by my side by Tod's.

After my Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil and my Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift Eyebrow Pencil snapped, I used it as an excuse to try something different and the Benefit Gim me Brow Volumising Eyebrow Gel and The Precision Brow Pencil by Kevyn Aucoin are working very well for me both together and individually.

I've always loved the polka dots, sparkles, bows and girly things the brand is known for, but lately I've been lusting over the pastel, yummy colors and soft leather of their handbags, their latest collection is inspired by traveling and colors of the world so hellooo that's right up my alley:) This time around I used Mother's Day as an excuse to indulge and picked this baby out Kate Spade Mercer Isle Sloan (the link will take you to the color they have available which is Ostrich Egg).

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.

Marjane thinks it's funny that she got the man arrested; her grandmother, repulsed by the fact that Marjane has used her sex — the very thing the government is trying so hard to control — as an excuse, a manipulation, is furious with her.