Sentence examples for would be respectable from inspiring English sources

To repeat such figures against Australia would be respectable but hardly ­earth-shattering.

Where 2012 is concerned, sports officials have decided that a fourth place for Britain would be respectable, requiring the winning of 17 gold medals, following appropriate investment.

That would be respectable for a rich country at full employment, but for an emerging-market economy with lots of idle hands it is poor.

Xochimilco's carnitas ($1), pork shoulder chunks that are chopped and griddle-crisped to order, would be respectable unadorned, but reinforced by that guacamole, it's one of the better tacos on taco row: 4501 Fifth Avenue, (718) 435-7180.

But after 10 days, box office is a troublingly low £4.77m – and the picture has a long road to travel to reach a number that would be respectable for a major release from Disney Animation (£20m, although Zootropolis did £24m).

This would be respectable in many Western countries, but as Kirill Rogov, an economic and political analyst, argues, it is not enough to sustain the political status quo.

That would also be respectable by historical standards: Autonomous Research reckons that over the long term banks' returns have averaged 10% in Britain and 9% in America.

But after an evening spent calculating the state and federal tax withholdings, they had to admit that their nanny's take-home wage, with the mandated deductions, would no longer be respectable.

It would be more respectable.

In normal times, this would be a respectable growth rate.

"Normally 40 or 30 would be a respectable audience".