Sentence examples for respectable gain from inspiring English sources

This is a respectable gain, but nowhere near as large as the numbers Romney cited.

Wall Street stumbled through another volatile session but ended with a respectable gain on Thursday after a multibillion-dollar deal in the chemicals sector helped offset concerns about the financial sector and energy costs.

Although that is a respectable gain, the transceiver utilizes an AC adapter which effectively limits portability.

The housing market has recently experienced some moderately encouraging trends, like a mild increase in home building sentiment, as well as the respectable gain in new-family-home construction.

Although blindly buying into China through the popular iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index exchange traded fund has produced a respectable gain of more than 15% year to date, expect the Chinese growth story to get more selective as the country's economy begins to mature.

Tech stalwarts like Intel and Microsoft produced respectable gains last year, but Apple more than doubled in share price and R.I.M. nearly tripled.

The G.D.P. figures had little effect on financial markets because they were considered old news, but Mr. Greenspan's remarks were cited by stock traders as bolstering investors' hopes and stocks managed respectable gains by the end of the day.

He also points out that Go, a language developed by Google, has made small but respectable gains in popularity since Conway and Myles first starting compiling this data.

A surprise drawdown on oil inventories set loose a rally in energy shares, and the broader market followed suit as the major averages churned out respectable gains for the session.

The earthworms have a respectable biomass gain and cocoon production in all vermibins, but the best results were shown by 100%% biogas plant slurry than the other studied combinations.

Having a guild with people who are socially respectable will gain your guild fame within the game and will cause people to like your guild more.