Sentence examples for decent advance from inspiring English sources

If it were at all revelatory, as it would have to be to earn a decent advance, it would shred whatever is left of Mr Blair's credibility in Labour circles.

All of this was not long after the publication of my first novel, and I had some money, even a bit of dignity, as the novel had been somewhat successful; at least, I'd been given a decent advance and money from foreign rights, too — it was a dream!

All of this was not long after the publication of my first novel, and I had some money, even a bit of dignity, as the novel had been somewhat successful; at least, I'd been given a decent advance and money from foreign rights, too it was a dream!—but I didn't have lots of dignity and I didn't have lots of money, either, just some.

He even seemed to enjoy his career for a while, received a couple of decent advances and grew slightly less concerned with money.

She called for emerging writers to be supported by "decent advances" and for the industry as a whole to fulfil its responsibility to put new and diverse names in front of the public.

This means the United States has a decent chance to advance to the second round in South Africa, as of now.

In his autobiography Mr. King said that while other plantation owners were "coldblooded racists," Cartledge -- whom he still calls "Mr. Flake" -- was decent enough to advance him $15 to buy a cherry-red Stella guitar when he was 12.

"There's another philosophy, and it's advanced by decent people who see the world differently," Mr. Bush said of the Democrats, returning to a refrain of speeches that have become increasingly partisan as the national campaigns intensified late last year.

Next up: adding dual-shock to Genesis controllers, motion sensing to Gameboy Advances, and decent games for the PSP.

While certain details remain important and unresolved, such as potential conditions attached to the elimination of filibusters on the motion to proceed, we know enough to sum up the agreement as follows: a missed opportunity to provide meaningful filibuster reform, while advancing some decent procedural improvements".

But in the end, not having written a word of the book, I did the decent thing and repaid the advance.