The phrase "respectable public" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of people who are considered to have good morals or social standing.
Example: "The politician aimed to appeal to the respectable public by promoting family values and community service."
Alternatives: "upstanding citizens" or "decent society".
She probably said it long before any other "respectable" public figure dared.
Increasingly, the Bitcoin Foundation serves as the respectable public face of the currency's users.
Not first along an absolute Newtonian timeline, but first in a recognisable and respectable public forum.
Although Le Pen has generally, in recent years, been remarkably able in offering a more moderate and respectable public face to the party founded by her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, she has made a few missteps in recent months.
My 1825 copy of "The Botanic Garden" is bound in plain covers with Byron's "Don Juan", as if, to an icily respectable public, both poets were too mad, bad and dangerous to know.
By putting forward our respectable public face and sidetracking our private agenda - going personally crazy - we found and voluntarily staffed Kingsley Hall in east London, which is now celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Little more than a decade ago, tobacco companies were seen as respectable partners for public institutions to gain support from – that is no longer the case.
Well, the days of feminist martyrdom are over: in the runup to Poland's presidency of the European Union, women's rights have become a serious and respectable topic of public debate.
To get a sense of how radical the Bank's new position is, consider the conventional view, which continues to be the basis of all respectable debate on public policy.
Signed by names in the classical world including Simon Holt, composer and professor of composition at the Royal College of Music, and Pulitzer Prize for Music winner John Luther Adams, the letter concludes: "Little more than a decade ago, tobacco companies were seen as respectable partners for public institutions to gain support from – that is no longer the case.
It is certainly getting respectable crowds at public meetings.
