Sentence examples similar to legitimate- from inspiring English sources

The amounts would need to be proportionate – we mustn't penalise legitimate visa applicants who will struggle to get hold of the money.

Earlier this week, Valls said the removal of a person's nationality "is a legitimate question that arises regarding the consequences to which a person exposes themselves when they decide to attack the nation to which they belong because they were born there or have been accepted there".

The Swiss would have been seen to have a legitimate complaint, the referee would have to give a penalty.

On these issues in particular, this house has a legitimate right to question the excesses of any government.

Only their most fanatical followers would make any claim to merit on behalf of a winning team who were clearly second-best in everything except the matter of producing a legitimate goal.

Bin Laden and his senior associates have long struggled to make sure the disparate elements of the group and its various affiliated networks only attack targets they consider as legitimate.

We have women who are killed by their husbands but we don't have any legitimate terror offences... "Yet the amount of money put into negative policing and punitive measures has really soured relations between Muslim community and ramped up the sense of fear and isolation in the community".

He said that representatives of the British special forces had told him: "When a war is not declared, journalists are legitimate targets where they are inconvenient".

"Look at a majority government like that, which would represent the opinions of as many voters as possible, and look at a majority government formed by a single party that wins 35% of the vote, and tell me which is more legitimate".

Related: Would Labour government be legitimate if it had fewer MPs than the Tories?

The build-up to the convention has been overshadowed by the highly controversial "legitimate rape" remarks made by Todd Atkin, a congressman from Missouri, and his subsequent refusal to quit his bid for re-election despite pressure from the party's leadership.