Sentence examples for as more respectable from inspiring English sources

The C.C.C. has tried to position itself as more respectable than the Ku Klux Klan.

Dancers who move into areas of their art form viewed as more respectable often distance themselves from their childhood pastime.

He has not directed such harsh words at Hello!, a tame glossy publication founded in 1988 and is generally regarded as more respectable and trustworthy than other publications peddling celebrity fare.

I can't say, as many can, that they made me come out or move to California, but I can say that they were as strong an influence on my early novels as more "respectable" books by Iris Murdoch, and that they gave a rather timid ex-public schoolboy the resolve always to be himself.

What's more, fathers were viewed as more respectable, likeable, committed and worthy of a promotion than mothers with the same flex-work needs.

This changed towards the end of the 19th century, and as well as becoming more respectable, many bands had actually joined the temperance movement.

Perhaps if relative salaries continue to drop then, counter-intuitively, people will start to see banking as a more respectable profession and, as a result, a more desirable industry to make a career in.

(Would you call that a male make-over session?) Is that what CBS regards that as the more respectable response?

These attempts to rebrand hypochondria as a more respectable ailment, to wrest it away from the histrionic types, are noble but ultimately misguided — no serious hypochondriac will accept new medical terminology with such ease.

But if she was trying to present herself as a more respectable lady, it did not help that she had just posted some naked photographs of herself online, which had prompted Mr. Simmons' remarks.

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France both called Mr. Monti on Wednesday to express their support, Italian news media reported, and Mr. Monti is seen as a more respectable interlocutor than his predecessor, Silvio Berlusconi.