He is splendid for a scene and then it all goes to pieces….
Apart from being a great course, St George's is splendid for spectators.
It's splendid for shells and - better yet - it's pyrophoric.
J.W.B., of Horsham, attested, "It is splendid for walking, does not clog the legs, nor produce perspiration".
The arrangement was splendid for the bird, his mates over the years and the more than 20 youngsters they produced.
"The big productivity gains are still to come, in the interface between sales and engineering," says Erik Fougner, ABB's man in Prague.All this is splendid for shareholders.
The food was excellent, and, once again, the option of restaurant standard food in one's own flat is splendid for those with a young child.
Although more leverage is splendid for shareholders (and, of course, for bosses with lots of stock options) it is not so for creditors: firms that pile on debt are less likely to be able to repay it.
That was splendid for the purchasers, but rather unwise of the life companies, which had no way of hedging their liabilities with fixed-interest assets with a similarly high yield.
The gruntometer is at a very low hum, Stephen – the squeaking of shoes on the court is the only irritating noise out there, and that's splendid for everyone.
