The developers could not justify building a stadium of such a size for a club of this small stature.

Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village.

"There is simply not enough market interest in the full-size, rear-wheel-drive vehicles to justify building these vehicles at two plants," he said.

The effect was to justify building a powerful German air force armada and airfields.

"This survey is the one they've been using to justify building the 30-foot bridge," Mrs. Gadbois said.

But skeptics argue that video on demand, at several dollars a request, will not bring in enough revenue to justify building new billion-dollar networks.

Plans for Midgard, which is off central Norway, depended on selling enough natural gas to justify building a $2.2 billion pipeline.

But some analysts say the market will be too soft in the 1990's to justify building new spaceports.

Our margins are not wide enough to justify building new refineries.

Developers want it widened to justify building more homes.