Sentence examples for reputation count from inspiring English sources

"So we have to draw social boundaries on another basis: old connections, gentle breeding, perfection in all the requisite accomplishments of a gentleman, elegant leisure and an unstained private reputation count for more than newly gotten riches".

The Bishop of Leicester, presiding, laid the cutthroat monarch to rest with the words "All our journeys lead to this place where reputation counts for nothing".

Reputation counts for a lot on the site: each Etsy shop links to reviews of its products, and allows customers to send questions and feedback directly to the shop owners.

Much of this bank credit was extended unsecured, on a "name lending" basis with the borrower's reputation counting for more than the state of its accounts.The problems beginThe group's finances began to unravel in 2009, as crisis-weary banks stopped providing fresh loans.

Joe Root offered a hint of perfection, there was the return of Chris Woakes, gutsy and vibrant having been rejected (from the ODI team until Friday and from the World T20 squad); the recall of Stuart Broad was a stark reminder that reputation counts for practically nothing in the modern white-ball game.

- How much reputation counts against form.

Rose admitted his stellar reputation counts for little at his home course in Hampshire.

I argued that a good reputation counts for more than a smart strategy or clever tactics.

The visitors' reputation counted for nothing to a home side still smarting from the criticism that followed their 34-9 catitulatiOspreysspreys the previous weekend.

"But his reputation counts against him and I am not sure whether any Belgian team would ever dare to employ him, because of the controversy.

Some of them - and many Europeans to boot - would have thought that McGinley was out of his depth against the storied Watson, but if Gleneagles taught us anything it is that reputation counts for nothing in the captaincy game.