Sentence examples for legitimate on from inspiring English sources

Once one takes the view that a war can be legitimate on one side, while being illegitimate on the other, one is forced to conclude, Schmitt argues, that it is morally wrong to grant the status of legitimate belligerency to those who are judged to fight without a just cause, and equally wrong to assume that they ought to enjoy the same in bello-rights as those who fight justly (NE 320-2; CP 54 7).

"The complaints made by Rebecca Solomon concerning the inadequacy of the institution's curriculum are not legitimate on many levels," he said.

USA Today, which had presented the documents as legitimate on Thursday, featured an article yesterday with some experts surmising they were forgeries.

This startling admission became wrapped up in the power-shift theory, which was legitimate, on Sunday night, given the scale and manner of City's conquest.

The ease with which a bogus company can look legitimate on the Internet has created a perfect scenario for fraudulently "phishing" for Social Security numbers and other personal information under various pretenses.

All these fears seem legitimate on the surface, except that they ignore an important truth, which is that the Syrian street is astute and its revolution is well aware of the dangers that surround it.

I have argued previously that an employer should shoulder legitimate on-the-job expenses, as indeed he should, but a speeding ticket is not a legitimate expense; it's a penalty for lawbreaking, and one your supervisor should pay himself.

The wholly legitimate on-going debates about 'social investment' – elitist bullshit syphoning money away from austerity hit grassroots or exciting pioneering early days of a new way of doing business – has been the background noise over the last couple of years as we have developed these funds.

But to the Turks it implies recognising the Greek-Cypriot government as the only legitimate one on the disputed island.

He missed out on legitimate birdie chances on Nos. 6 and 7 after he missed a pair of relatively short putts.

They therefore have no interest in legitimate negotiations on health care, any more than they do on any other matter.