Sentence examples for consider decent from inspiring English sources

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Why should Bob's employer, specifically, be the one that has to bear the burden and lose all this money to keep him alive (at whatever level you consider decent)?

"Pornography and adult material aren't allowed under Libyan law, therefore we removed the domain," the letter said, adding: "The issue of offensive imagery is quite subjective, as what I may deem as offensive you might not, but I think you'll agree that a picture of a scantily clad lady with some bottle in her hand isn't exactly what most would consider decent or family friendly at the least".

Some people head out for the movies that night but, because Tuesday is a workday, studio estimates may be a bit high". Disney's "Father of the Bride Part II" ($7.4 million), Warner Bros.' thriller "Heat" ($7 million) and Paramount's romantic comedy "Sabrina" ($6.7 million) finished in the fifth through seventh spots--a showing industry observers consider decent, if unexceptional.

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It was not considered decent.

Plus, they were considered decent rappers – among the best of their peers.

But like so many street-raised kids, he's simultaneously likable and repellent; being driven by what he considers decent motives hardly makes him decent.

There were a handful of songs I considered decent ("Surrender," "Carry On Wayward Son") but I had to play at least 15 songs I disliked to get to a couple I consider great ("Crazy on You" and "Rock This Town").

When a chorus of progressives and LGBTQ activists, including myself, pointed out that a man who has built his career on homophobia and misogyny cannot possibly be considered "decent," some dismissed it as just outrage Twitter.

Most of the older (and some recent) Mills & Boon novels are based on "forced seduction" because in the bad old days, nice girls could not actively choose to have rampant sex and still be considered decent.

These developments made them enormously rich and enabled the castellated lifestyle 100 years later of Kenneth Clark Lord Clarkark of Civilisation" – who 40 years ago talked more about beauty, and in such a beautiful voice, than these days would be considered decent.

Time frames have become compressed: where once it was considered decent to wait 30 years before opening the filing cabinets to public scrutiny, the main players now rush to do deals before their market - or simple curiosity - value fades.

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