Sentence examples for respectable having from inspiring English sources

In an October 2010 interview Alex Rigopulos claimed that The Beatles: Rock Band sales were "respectable", having sold "well over three million units", though had not exceeded sales of other Rock Band games.

The constituency, smug, and above all other constituencies, respectable, has always been Conservative.

The crusade to make drugs socially respectable has no precedent in the United States, said Dr. David F. Musto, a medical historian at the Yale School of Medicine and the author of "The American Disease Origins of Narcotics Control Oxford University Pressess).

The increase was in line with forecasts and would be judged respectable had it not come after a fall in the final months of 2010, when snow kept customers away from hotels, restaurants and other opportunities for spending (see chart).

"Just knowing I could get done in another two years and be able to start a career that is highly recognized and respectable has meant a lot to me".

The evangelical/fundamentalists, from their crudest egocentric celebrities to their "intellectuals" touring college campuses trying to make evangelicalism respectable, have been left behind by modernity.

The stock has put in a very respectable performance, having gained more than 13% since the beginning of 2009.

Mr. Moore may not be considered respectable, but his film is a hit because the respectable media haven't been doing their job.

The respectable version has lately been given new impetus by the onward march of European integration.

A respectable town has a church, and a basketball court in front of the church".

Yet in recent years more school-leavers holding respectable qualifications have signed up.