Sentence examples for represented legitimate from inspiring English sources
did not explain that the research discussed could have been very limited in nature, been abandoned years ago, or represented legitimate activity.
The banks argued that their overdraft charges and conditions were exempt from the provisions of the 1999 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations and represented legitimate fees for providing overdraft facilities.
The bank also relied on later audits from BDO Seidman, which certified audits for E. S. Bankest accounts totaling some $225 million, of which only $5 million represented legitimate income, a Banco Espírito Santo lawyer, Steven Thomas, said.
Eric Dubelier, a former federal prosecutor who handled export violations cases and who is now in private practice, said in an interview that he believed that a minority of the recent prosecutions involving exports to Iran represented legitimate threats to national security.
To the Mexican government, Nafta had represented legitimate access to the future, a right of entry to the elite club of the emerging powerful corporate world; but, to the Zapatistas, Nafta came to signify the beginning of a yet another long-fought historical war against colonial and neocolonial voracity.
Mr. EBT faced additional scrutiny after admitting in an interview with Russia Today America that he is "not on food stamps at the moment," but he was quick to point out that the song still represented legitimate social commentary and that his video's popularity offered an opportunity to discuss the issues at hand.
These limiting cases represent legitimate designs, but they are not necessarily optimal.
We can come to terms with the Islamic Republic, accepting it as a legitimate entity representing legitimate national interests.
They also say the charges are not unfair because they represent legitimate fees for providing overdraft facilities.
There are even mock journalists: "good" ones who represent "legitimate" news organizations and "bad ones" who are Taliban propagandists.
Ormond herself concedes that claims about the legislation being watered down and lacking teeth represent "legitimate opinion".
