At the end of any decent production of "Cos?' after the ploy is exposed, and the couples have grappled with the arbitrariness of romantic desire, the four people should look as if they have been through hell.
Phillips agrees that footstrike cannot be considered the be-all and end-all of decent running.
One hates even to give the nonsensical antics of the Westboro Baptist Church oxygen, but it's worth doing if only because wherever these bell-ends travel, communities of decent people typically come out in force to manifest elaborate displays of niceness.
The film might have made a decent end-of-broadcast segment on a newscast.
A decent end-of-year return – coupled with the second-place finish that was far from nailed-on back in March – should be enough to earn the City manager another season in the job.
Elimination ensured the end of Roy Hodgson, a decent man but never quite up to the job.
At the end of the day, decent people will learn to love you because of your personality.
"I know Hammett's got his problems and it's not his squad, but I would have left the Chief [McIntosh] and Paul John in charge," Hadley added, "They galvanised that squad at the end of last year and they had a decent end of season.
A few stronger quarters led by the Windows XP end-of-service date and perhaps a decent holiday cycle would not indicate new long-term weight in personal computer sales.
There was a certain esprit de corps on Friday, some light at the end of the tunnel, a decent paycheck in sight.
