Sentence examples for it has been earned from inspiring English sources

It is all in the packaging: we're O.K. with bling bling so long as we believe it has been earned.

These ills would be much better served by giving more people the opportunity to get praise when it has been earned.

Harvard's Jeffrey Miron disagrees: "The way to promote a hard-working, entrepreneurial and innovative society is to celebrate great wealth so long as it has been earned by legitimate means.

But by racing to settle with Putnam, the S.E.C. seems a bit too eager to restore public confidence in the fund business before there is any sign that it has been earned.

A mafia boss's children or other relatives might need access to money that at least looks as if it has been earned in a conventional manner.

Anything that stands here, it has been earned".

Elegant it's isn't, but it has been earning its keep recently, this being the fourth alarm in a fortnight.

It has been earning some nominations and prizes for its screenplay – and some good-natured ribbing from Mr. Reiser's friend Seth Rogen, who starred as the best friend and served as a producer with his writing partner, Evan Goldberg.

It has been earning applause equal to that given to the show's stars, Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi, and Gavin Creel.

But although Cablevision came to the party late, it has been earning praise from industry experts who extol Interactive Optimum -- iO, for short -- as demonstrating the kind of vision the industry needs in the coming digital era.

Government Investigations H.P. claims Autonomy booked hardware sales as higher-margin software sales and recognized licensing income before it had been earned.