Sentence examples for look like decent from inspiring English sources

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He could turn toddlers into potentates and make new-money Medicis look like decent people.

In other words, anything that could make tobacco firms look like decent citizens, doing their bit for public service, ought to be avoided.In this section A wisp of public-spiritedness At risk of early derailment ReprintsIsn't the reference to "irreconcilable conflict" simply a statement of the obvious?

While there are few screaming buys among the grands crus, here are some that look like decent choices: 2009 Calon-Ségur, at less than 70 euros, or about $90 20100 Gruaud-Larose, at less than 60 euros; 2010 Malartic-Lagravière, at less than 50 euros; 2009 and '10 Lafon-Rochet, at less than 40 euros; and 2010 La Tour Carnet and 2009 and '10 Cantemerle, at less than 30 euros.

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If, say, 3 dxe5 Nxe5 4 Nxe5 Qxe5, the threatened early pawn storm comes to nought and Black survives into the middlegame with what looks like decent prospects.

For the French superstar house DJ, it looks like decent work if you can get it – pumping your first and grinning, adjusting the odd fader, sometimes cutting the volume to let the crowd roar your praises.

This was beginning to look like a decent cricket match.

It makes Mr Obama look like a decent man who will accept ideas across the aisle.

So much so that proposals for a Sinister Six movie featuring Paul Giamatti's Rhino, Dane DeHaan's Green Goblin, Doc Oc, The Vulture et al were beginning to look like a decent path forward.

And then of course one confronts the possibility that a long period of demand weakness generates a loss of economic potential, so that even aside from the IMF analysis above a rise in redistribution in highly unequal economies begins to look like a decent idea from a long-run growth perspective.As the Free exchange notes, there are surely devils in the details.

While Frankfurt and Hertha continue to outperform relative to their squad strength, Schalke 04 are slowly beginning to look like the decent, well put-together team that many had expected to see under new leaders Markus Weinzierl and Christian Heidel this season.

"If you bring back one or two of the players that are injured, it's beginning to look like a decent strength of squad.

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