Sentence examples for decent down from inspiring English sources

But it was a decent down payment, and it was a step towards an embrace of public investment to boost growth and support the regions.

The Legislature and the governor have allocated enough money to cover the first two years of the M.T.A.'s new five-year plan to rebuild and improve tracks, signals, stations, buses and trains, and that's a decent down payment.

Many would-be homeowners are left wondering whether a buyer with a decent down payment and a mortgage in-process can even compete?

And while a trillion could be a decent down payment, it's not nearly enough.

The coat will be such a key item this weekend, and with a limited amount of decent down coats on the market, my guess is that everyone go with shearling or take the political risk of wearing fur.

Mr. O'Brien describes the acting governor as "a very decent, down-to-earth individual," and says that local pride for Mr. DiFrancesco is deep, but not blind.

But Gwen, the proprietor, a fetching and idealistic young social worker (the capable Jane Bodle), is devoted to her decent, down-on-their-luck charges and has steadfastly refused to yield.

I don't know truly what Brad Pitt is doing with the Chanel money but I do know his reputation for being a decent, down-to-earth guy, and I do know this couple have put themselves at risk and open to getting to know people and babies they have cared about.

This has dragged an otherwise decent performance down.

Everyone knows you can't get decent gravy down south, so that will get him brownie points in the north".

Thanks partly to an expansion to 40 venues, the film has posted a decent hold (down just 22%).