| I was excusably reluctant to place myself within reach of a cutthroat. |
| This week, at another Labour conference in nearby Liverpool, both worries were reinforced. Mr Miliband's big speech to his party on September 27th was excusably free of policy. |
| I hadn't noticed them the first day, but was probably excusably tired from my flight. |
| Namibian had previously been outpaced at Goodwood by Masked Marvel – who comes here after excusably failing to get involved in the Derby itself – but was clearly a different horse over the marathon trip at Ascot. |
| Less excusably, he says, many simply turned a blind eye to the health risks of doping. |
| His wisdom, energy, shrewdness and collegiality qualified him well for such tasks, but his productivity as a researcher might have been excusably reduced as a result. |
