31.   Now, AIDS has been used to justify the directive.

32.   Others warned that it could be used to justify homophobia.

33.   Rather, it presents in a simple format the data the companies are using to justify the deal.

34.   Religion may be used to justify atrocities, greed or selfishness.

35.   Some education officials say the slowdown in enrollment growth should not be used to justify delaying school construction and repairs.

36.   Such arguments have often been used to justify government grants or special tax treatment for artistic events such as opera or theatre.

37.   That advice, however, has been used to justify a willy-nilly explosion in pacifier use, Leach said.

38.   That logic will probably be used to justify charging Davis little or no relocation fee.

39.   That loaded legal phrase has been used to justify all sorts of discrimination against people denied public services and activities on grounds of race, gender or something else.

40.   The belief that America had shifted to a much faster rate of growth was used to justify not just share prices, but also very heavy corporate borrowing.