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I say press for a vote to legitimize the President's decision.

How better to legitimize a new leader than with an election?

That goes a long way to legitimize the original idea.

"And to have someone who comes in here from the outside when they can be with their family, legitimizes us," he said.

I hope that legitimizes it a little in your eyes, but if not.

A few years later she was finally able to legitimize her daughter, Mary.

"I think her presence will help legitimize the whole company," he said.

He has been trying to legitimize and clean up his organization.

"It had a lot to do with legitimizing the whole movement," he said.

It legitimizes our business from the customer point of view.

"The legislation legitimizes you, even though the problems are still there."

As such, he is said to have helped legitimize television drama.

Is there any way to legitimize the daughter's position and get her name on the lease?

He might even have offered to marry me in order to legitimize the child.

He made many changes to the organization in order to legitimize the franchise once more.

Once completed in 2003, "It will legitimize the whole area."

Marriage within two years of a child's birth legitimized it.

"If anything, it legitimizes what we've been doing for the last 20 years," he said.

His problem is how to do that without legitimizing the very role of government he opposes.

"That legitimized the industry in the real estate world," he said.

"We have a product that has been legitimized without any evidence of efficacy."

"They legitimized my grieving, the same as if a human being had died."

"Thatcher legitimized Green issues and that has given us a chance to get our point of view across."

So what I'm saying now is just legitimizing something that's already a fact."

The gang has made several attempts to legitimize their image.

It is an attack on the right to life and can by no means be legitimised.

Instead they turned up and offered support to legitimise the activities of the company.

Maybe that's why I did it - the need to be legitimised.

They feel that finally their own relationship stands a chance and can be legitimised.

Some of these countries even legitimise themselves through democratic elections.

Do we make sufficient use of foreign policy to legitimise the Union?

This action may have been a part of a public relations campaign to legitimise the group.

He and his sister were legitimised on 13 August 1513.

It is not intended to legitimise the longer working day in the present industry.

My purpose, if you like, is to legitimise discussion of the subject.

He's got a top doctor there in an attempt to legitimise it all.

It is dangerous and wrong to legitimise a total surveillance society.

Environmental groups claimed that the report simply legitimised Malaysia's current practice.

When coupled with the rule of competition, it does not legitimise a community.

Arrangements to legitimise the station were discussed in 1978 but failed.

Blanket secrecy is not the way to legitimise an evolving Community policy.

Therefore the consent of citizens is needed in order to legitimise treaty.

This is just attempting to legitimise and encourage the exact same thing.

In turn, gender-based violence is legitimised and women's human rights are denied.

Even if you belong to a minority, this does not legitimise the creation of a community right.

It is important for you to have these natural fears recognised and legitimised.

Once you legitimise special cases being made for "people like me" you have lost the debate.

Military action can only be legitimised by and via the United Nations.

Europe is not there to legitimise national practices that violate fundamental rights.

Stereotypical images of women are used to legitimise male dominance.