Sentence examples for decent standing from inspiring English sources

Despite the team's decent standing in the current SPL, Aberdeen's attendances are in decline.

I've played the game at a fairly high level: a journalist of decent standing for 30 years; editor of this fine paper for six; referendum editor at the BBC during the Scottish referendum last year.

Neither country was remotely associated with the particulars of the recent indictments – these were chiefly concerned with dodgy dealings involving sports marketing firms in North and South America – but for Jennings the notion of small non-western nations having decent standing in the game is evidence enough of Fifa's corruption.

These give it a decent chance of standing up to competition from cheaper taste-alikes, including supermarkets' own-label products.

That means reforming the school exams to focus on learning not just testing; rethinking the role of government in driving wealth creation though a smart industrial policy; and ensuring welfare is truly reciprocal by guaranteeing people work, and a decent wage, but standing up for a conditional system.

"...The 1973 households surveyed are still more or less in decent financial standing today; we'll see how it works out for those of 2012".

There's something magical about a person so unwaveringly terrible that they can bring you, a person of decent moral standing, to your lowest (or their standard) level of being.

This movement is seeking to ensure everyone has a right to decent, affordable housing by standing in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement and with community organizations who help the 99% fight for their homes.

Trudeau's reach advantage really came into play as his jab repeatedly got through Brazeau's rather dismal defence, leading to several decent combos and a standing eight count for the senator.

It was one of the biggest papers in the world, part of one of the most powerful newspaper groups in the world, and was standing up for decent people against corruption".

IF you have set foot on a subway platform during the last 20 years, there is a decent chance he has been standing there next to you, a small, smiling man in no hurry to catch a train.