Sentence examples for otherwise splendid from inspiring English sources

It certainly was in France-Ireland, a blot on the otherwise splendid showdown.

Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath came within a Neanderthal ridge of running foul of this rule, but was otherwise splendid.

In an otherwise splendid staging, it is the director's miscalculation to accentuate the positive, as Brian Corrigan does in a desperately upbeat fadeout that diminishes the play's ruefulness.

GOAL! Nordsjaelland 0-4 Chelsea (Ramires 89') Penetrative intricacy by Chelsea, the very sort that Nordsjaelland have lacked in an otherwise splendid performance.

Pelfrey's otherwise splendid start was marred by three balks, caused by what he alternately called "the yips" and "a mental block".

What is missing from Okrent's otherwise splendid account is a sense of which groups were most affected, since it is clear that enforcement varied widely among regions and social classes.

Damilola, Our Loved Boy (BBC1) | iPlayer Deep Water (BBC4) | iPlayer Close to the Enemy (BBC2) | iPlayer Planet Earth II (BBC1) | iPlayer Interrupting a rare week of otherwise just splendid ginger-peachy bobby-dazzler good news for all, there arrived a drama of elegant organisation and unimaginable heartache to remind us what a nasty little world we occasionally live in.

Nathan Heverin, who designed the set, has otherwise done a splendid job of creating a snug and comfortable East Side apartment for Sally that she knows is too lavish for her modest means.

You should immediately ask yourself: Would I think the same thing if I loved the president's policies, and thought that he was otherwise doing a splendid job?" This advice is unlikely to be heeded by the Democratic and Republican politicians who actually make the decision.

To chew over The New York Times's fiction best-seller list is to be reminded that an author doesn't necessarily need media anointment or a splendid critical sendoff or an otherwise powerful launching to be a striking commercial success.

Nevertheless they made and missed plenty of chances, most of them falling to the otherwise impressive Fowler, whose opening goal was a splendid reward for his return to form and fitness.