Sentences with phrase «usually used as an excuse»

I was aware of «peak oil», but always classed it with other Malthusian nonsense, usually used as an excuse to try to impose some utopian scheme.

Not exact matches

Usually this time of year I find myself using football as an excuse to go crazy with the Buffalo recipes (So probably more to come.).

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.

Net - a-Porter is usually too expensive for me, but I normally use their sale as an excuse to splurge on a pair or two of shoes.

We know from real life that the Keith - Sophie dynamic isn't really a romantic one, that they usually use each other as excuses to work out, or just act out, their selfishness and immaturity.

I usually avoid using the word «denier», but a refusal to accept that the world is warmer than it has been since records began and that temperatures continue to rise quickly, can not be excused as healthy contrarianism.