Sentence examples for respectable elements from inspiring English sources

"It is the Palais Royalists who represent the conservative, reactionary, respectable elements in the music of today," Gilman wrote.

The greatest threat to free enterprise, he warned, was not Communism or the New Left but, rather, "respectable elements of society" — intellectuals, journalists, and scientists.

Predictably enough, the "respectable elements" were those who welcomed the new regime of austerity and cost-cutting under the in-coming emperor Galba.

In fact, when Tacitus wrote of the plebs sordida it was explicitly to contrast them with what he called "the respectable elements among the common people".

Among property owners, the press, and other respectable elements of society, a consensus developed that suppression of anarchist agitation was necessary.

"No thoughtful person can question that the American economic system is under broad attack," he suggested, adding that the attacks were not coming just from a few "extremists of the left," but also - and most alarmingly -- from "perfectly respectable elements of society," including leading intellectuals, the media, and politicians.

In Colorado, for example, the aim was to attract a more respectable element in settlers, she said, and in some instances the motivation was a view of women as "guardians of morality" and a hope that their suffrage might have an uplifting effect.

And although some of the first 50-odd sites on TfL's list for developing with private partners may have a respectable "affordable" element, none of the few revealed so far hit Khan's promised 50% affordable target.

Says Blair, even "perfectly respectable and democratic elements" are likely to accuse their parties of selling out when they reach an agreement.

All of the singers seemed to be trying to make as big a sound as possible, but most notably Kevin Burdette as the Priest, who thereby introduced an element of unsteadiness into a respectable bass voice.

In other words, interracial dating (and all that it implies) has become so respectable that the most conservative, not to say reactionary, elements in American society feel it incumbent upon them to accept and even embrace it...