Sentence examples for respectable sense from inspiring English sources

If it is correct to distinguish between basic and nonbasic intrinsic value and also to compute the latter in terms of the former, then there is clearly a respectable sense in which nonbasic intrinsic value is derivative.

For our justification in thinking that a given sequence is random will be based on its passing only finitely many tests; we can be justified in believing pseudorandom sequence to be random (in some respectable sense of justification, as long as justification is weaker than truth), and justified in making the inference to chance via RCT.

To say that these things are good and bad only in a derivative sense, that their value is merely parasitic on or reflective of the value of something else, is one thing; to deny that they are good or bad in any respectable sense is quite another.

There are now criminal lawyers who spend a lot of their time defending sophisticated businessmen charged with tax evasion, but criminal lawyers are still not quite respectable in the sense that, say, specialists in trusts or corporate mergers are respectable.

Sharing can make good business sense, too – with the average two-bedroom Airbnb apartment in New York City earning the renter a respectable $3,700+ per month.

His contribution in a footballing sense was respectable, clocking up 25 league appearances as well as five in the Europa League.

An office that provided health benefits, a respectable paycheck and a sense of self-worth; an office reached by a commute that did not entail a perilously steep set of stairs.

Looking back in his Guardian/Observer review, critic Philip French wrote, "The film is wearing well and has attained a classic status without becoming respectable or losing its sense of danger".

According to the values of Philippine culture, taking care of elderly people is considered a respectable job, and the sense of privilege at being able to "repay a debt of gratitude to those who helped me" (utang no loob).

By the end of the night, I had completed a respectable 1099 and gained a sense of being understood, down to my weaknesses (details, forms, numbers, rules and small print).

It is, in other words, an argument that makes no sense at all, yet respectable economists make it with a straight face.