Sentence examples for cannot legitimise from inspiring English sources

She said: "However, GCHQ cannot legitimise their unlawful activities simply by publishing codes of conduct with no legislative force.

"I cannot legitimise this …" My mother's eyes bore into me, urging me to remain calm, to follow social convention.

Until the prime minister can assure us that Cameron's proposed list of crony lawmakers is dropped, Labour cannot legitimise this process by cooperating.

Whatever the stated justification, disenchantment with a democratically elected leader cannot legitimise the use of force and should never be used to remove a democratically elected government.

Echoing criticism from activists over counter-terrorism measures, Ban says: "Counter-terrorism efforts, asymmetric warfare, and the emergence of new threats and enemies cannot legitimise the loosening, or the outright dismissal, of rules that aim to spare civilians and limit harm to what is necessary to weaken the enemy".

There is no indication, no proof that Iraq is involved in the terrorism we have been talking about for the last few months... this terror argument cannot be used to legitimise old enmities".

If your brother is imprisoned unjustly for many years by a foreigner and you clearly cannot free him physically, do you abandon him under the pretext that visiting him will legitimise his imprisonment?

"We have to legitimise democracy".

This seems to legitimise it.

It helps further legitimise the industry".

I think it could legitimise xenophobia.