We feel that there is little scientific or historical justification for such an action.

This provocative book offers a historical justification for continuing affirmative action programs.

She said the historical justification for this, that New York was more prosperous than the rest of he nation, was no longer so.

There can be no historical justification at all for using an English cathedral voice in a Handel opera.

Arrogant words, perhaps, but not without some historical justification.

Today, the festival goes beyond its original physical boundaries and way beyond any kind of historical justification.

There is, then, sound historical justification for the RSC omnibus.

I am sure there is historical justification for this approach, even when the sweeping and contemplative chorales were made to bounce along like yo-yos.

Thatcher stated that the historical justifications for her economic positions were the policies of the Victorian Era.

Then, they came up with historical, religious and health-oriented justifications.