Sentence examples for getting respectable from inspiring English sources

Although many exams lack rigour, more children are getting respectable grades and going on to universities.

It is certainly getting respectable crowds at public meetings.

In the '60s, we were smoking pot and changing the world; in the '70s, we were going to the disco; in the '80s, we were doing coke and making money; and in the '90s, we were getting respectable.

Former Raiders coach Dennis Allen has done a good job as defensive coordinator in New Orleans, getting respectable production out of a unit that in recent years had been historically awful.

They all get respectable if they stick around long enough".

Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough".

But the new Murano handles far better and gets respectable, if not breathtaking, mileage.

"Big Love", which got respectable ratings, portrays plural marriage as more demanding than deviant.Mormon fundamentalists argue that anti-polygamy laws infringe religious liberty.

The car must also get respectable gas mileage, and an unspoken criterion was that it had to be cool and sporty (as much as a car with this kind of cargo capacity can be).

Although The Wright Way got respectable audiences – 3.5 million to 4 million – a general perception that it was terrible emerged from the show getting four barrels at once, from both old and new opinion-makers.

Manuel will have everyone available — everyone in uniform, that is — Wednesday, as the Mets aim to avoid a sweep, get respectable starting pitching (from Oliver Perez), play stout defense and hit a bit, too.