Sentence examples for alone decent from inspiring English sources

Pylons provide the site with tip-top communication facilities, which somehow do not extend to the village, where most locals can't get a mobile signal, let alone decent broadband provision.

"Our policy of doing all we can to spare civilian lives stands in sharp contrast to the Iraqi regime's constant violations of the international laws of armed conflict and the Geneva Convention, let alone decent human behavior," he said.

The militants have destroyed hundreds of schools and uprooted millions, forcing them into refugee camps which often lack the most basic necessities, let alone decent schooling.

"We were lucky to have any fruit at all, let alone a decent crop," said Herzeelle.

Don't pick too late That said, don't leave it until third term as chances are there won't be anything left, let alone anything decent.

Varoufakis said the socialist premier had accepted "ludicrous terms and conditions from our troika of lenders that no CEO, let alone a decent political leader, would have contemplated for more than a few seconds".

We reward those who make money with status and high pay while the people who clean our streets, deal with our rubbish and care for our vulnerable people seem to be thought barely worthy of respect, let alone a decent income.

It seems perfectly reasonable, Goodman and others in the coffee club suggested, to find some way to deport lawbreakers and troublemakers and leave alone the decent, hard-working immigrants they know.

"But the concept appeals to people because it impresses them that this guy is serious about controlling the border and having a record of who's here and who isn't". It seems perfectly reasonable, Goodman and others in the coffee club suggested, to find some way to deport lawbreakers and troublemakers and leave alone the decent, hard-working immigrants they know.

Yet even Adam Smith, the economist who came up with that theory, did not agree that economic activity alone was enough to keep humans decent and civilised.

Wages do not cover household bills let alone provide a decent standard of living".