Sentence examples for be of respectable from inspiring English sources

Reid also has right to claim that her dress complied with a separate and probably conflicting section of the rules, which asks that dresses be of "respectable length".

Augustine's parents were of the respectable class of Roman society, free to live on the work of others, but their means were sometimes straitened.

It's full of respectable businessmen" – but like the first story, it's mainly composed of interiors.

The SEC is considering a 1% threshold for big firms and a 3% bar for smaller ones.There are plenty of respectable supporters of a minimum holding period, including Warren Buffett.

Each individual member is of course highly respectable but, because of its composition, the conclusions of such a council are necessarily so broad and general that the high administration controls in the end the policy.

It may be that classical music is experiencing a transition from being a marker of respectable middle-class adulthood to being merely one of manyniche tastes.

The great paradox of the politique des auteurs is that it was a repudiation of respectable culture — but their disreputable passions were widely received as respectable.

The second truth is there is no one party solution; there has to be a merger of respectable ideas.

Booths may well be the respectable face of British supermarkets.

For decades, the Chamber tried to be what it seemed to be: a respectable coalition of businesses.

At last, there could be a respectable diplomat, instead of a loose cannon, in the office of the Iranian president.