But,he says,there is not enough evidence to justify measuring these in everybody.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Burma's military rulers cite ongoing fighting with ethnic insurgent groups in the country to partly justify their continued grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

He says the economy is accelerating, but there is little to justify the huge rally in the stock markets.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

One 2004 inquiry into the intelligence used to justify the war cleared government ministers of wrongdoing, but criticized the intelligence used.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Even so, overall economic conditions do not justify that fear, according to Charles Bobrinskoy of Chicago-based Ariel Investments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

With one exception, he said there was no military objective or advantage that could justify the attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

He says such an attempt would lead to "so much bloodshed that no one could justify."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

But the president stresses that even the Pentagon will have to justify every dollar spent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

She says Honduran concerns about possible illegal actions by their president may be valid, but they do not justify the way Zelaya's removal was carried out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

He notes that the makeup of the commission suggests it is more concerned with politics and using history and various historic facts to justify its own existence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev referred to the conflict during Thursday's signing ceremony, saying it happened too recently to justify NATO exercises in Georgia scheduled to begin May 6.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

were killed in the conflict. Britain's involvement in the war was deeply unpopular at home and there were allegations the government had distorted intelligence to justify the war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"How would we justify an essentially agrarian country importing most of the food that it eats and then using our lands to produce something else that we don't eat?

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Now with widespread allegations of vote-rigging, the British government is having to justify why British service personnel are dying for what appears to be a far from democratic election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11