But he justified the board's decision on the ground of cost.

"What made the situation time critical enough to justify such an action on your part?"

Say to him it's not justified on his policy, I want the money back.

I don't think the program was ever justified on the basis of some great economic plan.

But I can justify its inclusion on a couple of points.

It wouldn't do to begin justifying women on the ground that they were only doing what men did.

But they are far from necessary, let alone justified on economic grounds.

Most of the conflict in the world is justified on religious grounds.

It is an abuse of human rights and cannot be justified on any religious or cultural basis.

He knew the operation could not be justified on grounds of cost alone.