"decent awards" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to awards that are respectable and commendable. For example, "The students were given decent awards for their performances in the competition."
Oh and a decent award – a Bafta looks like something you'd cherish, a Brit like something that would be good to keep loo rolls on.
– inconvenient, for someone who happens to be the leading man in a film that's this year's Little Miss Sunshine, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: the feelgood festival hit that is set to bring home a decent haul this awards season.
The great cast helps as well, with Bunbury as a major revelation and a cast of actors like Larter, Lauria and Mark Consuelos (as a front office suit) who have been kicking around TV for years and finally awarded decent roles that will hopefully continue to utilize their considerable talents.
The silent comedy award A decent year for nu-vaudeville was marked by a Comedy award nomination for unknown New York duo Chris and Paul, who found themselves compared to Stan and Ollie as critics belatedly circled their off-the-beaten-track show.
But the Victorian-set drama, whose third series starts this week, has since garnered decent ratings and won awards, so what do I know?
It isn't the worst building I've ever seen (sadly, there is tough competition for that gong) but it isn't likely to win any architectural awards, no decent ones at least.
It delivered a worthy winner of the best-picture award, a decent array of acceptance speeches, a few japes on the red carpet and a steady display of ring-mastery by Ellen de Generes, who hosted for a second time.
The scholarships are available to students of Latino decent and will be awarded based on financial need and academic achievement.
They were not only funny, sharp and provocative, but also sparked a discussion about what constitutes a decent science fiction novel, how awards should be judged, and what one can and can't say about writers.
It begins with decent people winning a massive award against a chemical company that has been found guilty of dumping toxic waste and causing a cancer cluster in a small town.
