Sentence examples for respectable works from inspiring English sources

Some, like Macaulay, regarded Johnson as an idiot savant who produced some respectable works, and others, like the Romantic poets, were completely opposed to Johnson's views on poetry and literature, especially with regard to Milton.

They said she promised them respectable work keeping customers company and pouring them drinks.

He is a child of what he calls "the self-consciously respectable working class" in the urban North of England.

Having talked herself out of that pickle, Ms. Ellis went on to graduate and, to her great relief, has several interviews lined up for respectable work.

In his speech yesterday, Pratchett tilted at JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which is considered a more respectable work of fantasy than his.

Ms. Bergin asked Ms. Brinkley about her new yacht, a cute but respectable work boat she recently bought, which clearly shows Mr. Joel's influence.

"And Justice for All" is a respectable work that too often feels like an obligation, a requirement, on the part of the author as well as the reader.

And yet nobody questions the sincerity of his claim to be motivated by first-hand knowledge of the ways in which petty crime blights the lives of the respectable working class.

The book started with "Apollinaire" and ended with "Zandomeneghi" and was a highly respectable work of scholarship compiled by some 30 renowned specialists, the latest word on 100 years of art history.

So it's cause for celebration when he lands respectable work in A DECENT INTERVAL (Crème de la Crime, $28.95) playing the ghost of Hamlet's father in a production designed to take place inside a giant skull.

They – and their families, who witnessed the sacrifices their parents made – put their cross by Tory candidates precisely because the bleeding hearts can seem to care little for what used to be called "the respectable working class".