Sentence examples for if respectable from inspiring English sources

It sold about 10,000 copies, a modest, if respectable, showing for a first novel.

If respectable landlords are put off from letting to anyone who might be a migrant, it could drive migrants further into the worst parts of the private sector.

Haters may hate, but this unconventional beauty has supplemented an acting and modelling career with a conventional, if respectable debut album.

As a pilot study, the sample size was such that even if respectable differences were found between groups, smoking and alcohol outcomes would likely be underpowered to reach significance.

But what can one do if seemingly respectable people consistently lie?

"Now it is at least accepted, if not respectable, to talk about these issues.

Indonesia, one of the most corrupt places in the world (see chart 2), will be lucky if a respectable justice system emerges within a couple of generations.

In the 60s and 70s, brands such as Adams and Ladybird (both launched in the 30s) were as aspirational as Mini Boden is now, even if looking respectable was more of a concern for parents.

Though Daphne answers none of his letters, James will continue to think of her as his one true love, even as he goes on to a more banal, if altogether respectable life in postwar England.

Santorum's critics write as if no one before him had expressed strong reservations about Kennedy's speech — an enshrined icon in liberalism's museum — just as they write as if no respectable person holds his views on the separation of church and state.

If that respectable thesis is true, the topic "the categories of being" is a pseudo-topic.