1.   The issue is whether the benefits justify the costs.

2.   He ruled that the costs were justified and Customs were directed to pay in full.

3.   Also, doctors have tended not to consider whether the benefit of tests justified the costs.

4.   And the company is under pressure to grow profits to justify the cost of its acquisition.

5.   And yet, many say the cost is justified by the recovery of green space.

6.   Association President Edwin Harper said the benefits of positive train control do not justify the costs.

7.   At the same time, the legislation would forbid any new regulation from being issued without a demonstration that its expected costs would be justified by its benefits.

8.   Banks have been buying individual businesses, such as corporate trusts, in an effort to generate the kind of volume that justifies the costs of technology and resources.

9.   Borodin justified the cost Thursday, noting that the work involved high-quality renovation of a historic building and included complex telecommunications systems.