On a uniform swing projection, such a close result would suggest that, while the Tories would be gaining a respectable 82 seats, this would still leave them 35 seats short of the 117 they need for an overall majority.
He fought Swindon for the SDP in 1983, achieving a respectable third place, and his intervention probably lost Labour the seat.
(Though it should be pointed out that some contemporary operas, like John Adams's "Nixon in China" and Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Anna Nicole", about the pin-up queen Anna Nicole Smith, do manage to fill a respectable share of seats).
Maybe it's because the stadium's air conditioned -- and that summer in Houston is oppressive -- but fans last year filled a respectable 63% of seats and boosted Minute Maid up six spots on this list.
They view this metaphoric digging as a tool to position themselves for seats at respectable universities around the country.
Iain Duncan Smith's Conservatives scored a more than respectable result, gaining over 560 seats.
Though it's no Expedition, the Tribute can carry a respectable amount of cargo; there is 33 cubic feet behind the back seat, which folds for more space.
To figure out a way to fill the Met's vast, 3,900-seat theater with artistically respectable fare; even the most conservative audiences eventually grow tired of routinely cast Franco Zeffirelli productions of "La Bohème" and "Turandot".
Ivica Dacic, the outgoing prime minister and leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia, and his allies, gained a respectable 14% which would translate into 44 seats.
In fairness to Falconer, he did attempt to join the legislature by respectable means, by applying for the safe Labour seat of Dudley North, vacated just in time for the 1997 election.
