legitimate need
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegitimateandneed
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legitimate
adjective
uk/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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need
noun
uk/niːd/us/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Concerned with the sustainability of the welfare state, they wished to preserve it for deserving citizens and those inlegitimateneed.
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There was little contestation about the need for and desire to keep state-sponsored supports, particularly for those inlegitimateneed.
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For example, it would be immoral to supply employers with information that they have nolegitimateneedto know.
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It is important, too, that access to the list is confined to those organisations with alegitimateneedto know.
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I feel that there is alegitimateneedto allow that sort of letter to be sent, when there is a genuine debt.
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If proper premises are erected, and there is alegitimateneedfor refreshment of a certain character, it should be forthcoming, subject to adequate safeguards.
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The opportunity for a local authorinty to include a right of pre-emption meets alegitimateneed.
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The policy has never been fully implemented, not only because of thelegitimateneedfor family reunification, but also for economic reasons.
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There is an urgent,legitimateneedto attempt to find a solution to this, in particular by negotiating agreements with third countries.
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I am trying to meet thelegitimateneedto tighten up but at the same time to cut out a lot of bureaucracy.
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If the ban is successful, there is alegitimateneedto compensate those who will lose their livelihood as a result of the legislation.
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Therefore, anylegitimateneedfor shop clubs that there may have been in times gone by has now very largely disappeared, and is still further diminishing.
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I appreciate that there is alegitimateneedto prevent problems with access to land which may be needed, for example, to move vehicles on or off it.
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In addition, the facilities now available for postal voting and for polling by absent voters, reduce considerably thelegitimateneedfor cars which may have occurred in the past.
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There is alegitimateneedto focus on the urban environment, and we cannot escape it, either in the area of transport or in other areas.
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They meet alegitimateneed.
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Firstly, your report points to thelegitimateneedof the car industry to have a time limit to be able to adjust smoothly to the new legislative arrangements.
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This gives adequate time and strikes a fair balance between the demands of reasonable safety and thelegitimateneedof the machinery suppliers to make the necessary alterations.
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Our banks; our insurance companies; the charities which we support; and, dare one say it, the tax man—they all have alegitimateneedto hold information about us.
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There has always been, and will always be, a conflict between the legitimate needs of individuals and the demands of utilitarian fairness (10).
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