Sentence examples for splendid value for from inspiring English sources

"Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if the other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them".

But the full quote from Orwell runs: "The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them".

But the full quote from Orwell ran: "The Penguin Books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense, they would combine against them and suppress them".

Members of the Amazon Books Team — they aren't stupid — unearthed Orwell's "Review of Penguin Books" and quoted its first sentence: "The Penguin Books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if the other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them".

"Yes, George Orwell was suggesting collusion". But the full quote from Orwell runs: "The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them". The discrepancy has been pointed out by a host of websites.

Well, he would have been, if the full quote – about publisher Penguin's introduction of paperback books – hadn't been this: "The Penguin Books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them".

Well, it's now gone up to £6 and remains splendid value unless you're a bonehead.

The focus on "proving" the effectiveness of ODA in splendid isolation – ie "value for money" – continues.

Another splendid result for nature.

A splendid partner for this recipe.

All in all, a splendid advertisement for a worthy cause.