11.   Players must provide a reasonable excuse for missing tournaments or risk being fined by the WTA.

12.   Still wishing that fate might intervene and provide me with a reasonable excuse not to attend, I boarded a plane for Colorado.

13.   The Clinton administration has run out of reasonable excuses for its delay in assisting Valladares.

14.   There are reasonable excuses for the failure of federal officials to foresee an unprecedented attack.

15.   Until the last minute, I was hoping that somehow my father would call off our trip by saying something about war, sky terrorism or other reasonable excuses.

16.   He said employers who fail to comply with the basic requirements of the Employment Act without reasonable excuse will be prosecuted.

17.   The bureau has recommended a maximum imprisonment of one month for spouses who fail to meet their financial obligation without any reasonable excuse.