Sentence examples for legitimate acquisition from inspiring English sources

"Virtually every company in the portfolio is a legitimate acquisition opportunity for bigger companies," Mr. Nicklin said.

The likeness of the 15th-century B.C. queen depicted in the guise of a male pharaoh once formed part of a wall in her famous funerary abode at Deyr al-Bahri, and a U.S. couple of collectors owned the rarity by the early 1900s, thereby making it a legitimate acquisition, according to Unesco criteria.

"Yahoo's directors cannot 'just say no' indefinitely to legitimate acquisition offers….Likewise, Yahoo's directors cannot pursue transactions that do not require shareholder approval for the primary purpose of making Yahoo unattractive to Microsoft".

Robert Wieboldt, the executive vice president of the Long Island Builders Institute in Islandia, said the homebuilders' group did not contest that towns had "a legitimate role in the acquisition of open space".

There isn't any legitimate merit in their acquisition, negotiation and construction processes.

While many countries, including the United States, did not sign up, the convention is effectively being implemented by international institutions and, increasingly, by prudent collectors and dealers, fearful that the legitimate ownership of their acquisitions may be challenged in the future.

The company maintains this is a legitimate way to adjust for noncompatible inventory in an acquisition.

The company maintains that this is a legitimate way to adjust for noncompatible inventory in an acquisition.

Dworkin argues that legitimate political authority arises as a consequence of the acquisition on the part of members of a political society of obligations to obey the rules of a genuine associative community.

The German authorities restrict the acquisition, possession and carrying of firearms to those with a legitimate reason for a weapon – for example hunters or members of sports shooting clubs.

After seven consecutive seasons with a losing record, "a new ballpark and a few offseason acquisitions coupled with rising young stars have made the Indians legitimate contenders" for the division title during their 1994 season.