Sentence examples for had been legitimate from inspiring English sources

The referee somehow believed the contact had been legitimate.

Mr. Blair insisted, however, that the threat had been legitimate.

In an opinion written after the men were executed, the Supreme Court held that the process had been legitimate.

"I did have a feeling that if it had been legitimate and not the movies, she wouldn't have passed".

The tragic thing about Mr Mercer's activities is that nobody would have paid the slightest attention to them if they had been legitimate.

Even if the email had been legitimate, Johnson never accepted the invitation it was supposedly rescinding – so it'd be a stretch to label this as "no-platforming".

There have been legitimate complaints, which I've pursued.

If it was for the education of a future King, it would have been legitimate.

Had he not done so, it would have been legitimate to ask "What is the point of Chris Tremlett"?

Many of those who have had dealings with Mr Dantas insist that these have been legitimate and conducted in good faith.

They too could have applied to JPMorgan's trades, depending on whether the trades are found to have been legitimate hedges or more speculative bets.