11.   And the spending assumptions used to justify those tax cuts already look ludicrously low.

12.   Any NATO air strikes are almost certain to lead to reprisals against U.N. peacekeepers on the ground, a prospect that has long been used to justify inaction.

13.   As a result, the disadvantaged remained at the bottom of the social ladder, their poor scores used to justify the status quo.

14.   Beck clearly worries that all the excitement about those details could be used to justify renovations.

15.   Almost as sickening as the crash that killed Princess Diana are the excuses used to justify the gang of photographers who chased her to death.

16.   But over the years, other nations have learned from the United States that national self-interest can often be used to justify ignoble means.

17.   But these elements only underscore how decisively Koolhaas has departed from the rational concepts of structure and function used to justify their use.

18.   Critics say the review may be used to justify drastic cuts in the aid programs.

19.   Even if an agency survived that process and issued a rule, private parties could challenge in court the science used to justify it.

20.   Ford noted that another problem is the statistical basis used to justify the likelihood of DNA matches.