However, if you are going to talk about them in terms of the competition, these constraints do not excuse them for the situation.
If we use this excuse with them they naturally draw two conclusions neither which helps our credibility.
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Other commuters said the closed station had given them an excuse to fit more exercise into their day.
Mr Paxton is alive to the complexities of politics without for once making them an excuse to avoid clear judgments.
The incident makes JSTOR look like an injured, even magnanimous, party and gives them an excuse to make their policies more restrictive.
Extensive society page coverage of the ball gave them an excuse to claim James was too frivolous to run a life insurance company.
Ministers said school trips could broaden children's horizons but fear of prosecution was too often used as an excuse not to organise them.
Indeed, though the euro makes such reforms more urgent, many governments will use today's benign economic climate as an excuse not to tackle them.
The financial crisis might give them an excuse for further delay, making the necessary tax hikes and benefit cuts, when they do come, even more brutal.
The recent round of consolidation in the financial industry has given them another excuse to step up this process: merger partners need to prune holdings so that banks' combined stakes do not exceed 5% of a company's stock, the legal limit.
And there is no shortage of people outside Greece who would like to see Syriza win, bringing the Greek crisis to the long awaited moment of catharsis, where a clash with the Euro authorities gives them the excuse to kick Greece out of the single currency.
Great planners allow for extenuating circumstances while never using them as an excuse to avoid accountability.
But government ministers said there were billions of pounds being invested in services for older people, and councils had no excuse for deciding to reduce them.
Many developing countries either haven't the resources or, when help is offered, the will to adopt proper standards, seeing them as an excuse for slowing down scientific exchange.
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The coarse bristles of my hand broom were going to scrape their sandaled feet, but even when I stood directly in front of them saying "Excuse me" over and over, they didn't see or hear me.
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But I'm deeply grateful for them -- to them for that -- excuse me.
It is just a reminder that charts are only as important as the stories behind them and there is no excuse not to do your research.
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One of them turned to her and said 'Excuse me, that's not part of our history'.
Washington's primary role doesn't excuse Wall Street's excesses, but it puts them in proper perspective.
This does not excuse attempts to resist transparency, but does help explain them.
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What kind of message would I be sending them if I used this experience as an excuse for all things from this point forward?
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All three matches were played in wet and wild conditions which hindered the free-running, open style they play, but Claassens insists that cannot be used as an excuse as they aim for a win that would see them leapfrog fourth-placed Sarries.
And I think that, you know, you look it like - excuse me - like if you - I think most of them would rather not have their best - favorite player on steroids.
Educators sometimes argue that school productivity has fallen because of the social problems dumped on them, but this is an explanation, not an excuse: In practice, they never resist more recruits.
The Puritans of your -- excuse me, our -- New England colonies employed hunters to rid them of witches.
In August, there will be an additional 100 -- excuse me, 1 million homes that will have smart meters attached to them.
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Missing Kelly Smith is not an excuse - too many players were not on their game and some of them need to look at themselves and be absolutely honest.
If viewers needed an excuse to switch over to Jets-Ravens on NBC, LaRussa gave it to them.
There is, however, no excuse whatsoever that would justify continued retention of these items if the rightful owners want them back.
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