Others think Mr. Greenspan is creating an elaborate justification for raising rates to mask a desire to bring down the stock market.

As anyone who has spent time in Brazil can attest, Brazilian celebrations don't usually require elaborate justifications.

Of all human activities, fighting for your country is the one that requires most elaborate justification.

And even at that, we both had elaborate intellectual justifications for our decision to defy the law.

Obviously, formulating elaborate justifications for deceit was not an area in which I held a monopoly.

He made elaborate justifications for his claim.

Her own thoughts about the relationship, as told to the grand jury, were a curious mixture of elaborate justification and fear of the worst.

Many readers see Henry's speech as another elaborate justification of why he stole the crown.

But no elaborate justifications are needed; it would be a must in any case.

The High Court has developed an elaborate justification for its approach to such cases.