Sentences with phrase «become respectable»

This fact is the reason that, had they been minded to, Lydia Bennet and George Wickham could have married in Scotland and become respectable.

If editorially the paper came out with «man - made global warming is entirely based on feelings rather than data,» then one could rightly argue that the NYTimes has become a respectable rag as it was in its infancy.

Yes, obviously, indie publishing has become a respectable option for a number of writers, including many who were once traditionally published.

We had just gotten all the trash off our lawn and become respectable again in the eyes of the neighborhood.

Lazing around the house and looking at Edo - period pornography without mothers notice, he plans to one day become a respectable samurai!

After a low point of 150 hp in the mid-1970s, Corvette C3 power had become respectable again.

It is a hell of a plight, after all, as originally sketched in Victor Hugo's 1,400 - page historical novel: Sentenced to 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family, the stolid, pious Valjean breaks parole upon his release and goes on to become a respectable small - town mayor under an assumed name.

But it wasn't until recently that Found Footage as a sub-genre of horror has really started to mature and become respectable as more than just a collection of «Blair Witch» knockoffs.

Since the previous instalment, Cooper has become a respectable leading man and Oscar nominee and Helms has been savaged for the degeneration of his irritating Andy Bernard character on «The Office», while co-star Ken Jeong's fortunes have inexplicably risen.

After what has been our most enduring league campaign, has somehow become respectable with our cup triumph, and now the manager is using that display as proof that he is still the correct person to lead this club into next season.

Whether it be a screamer in a major international tournament, or a wonderful piece of skill, Ireland as a whole has become a respectable region in the footballing world.

His offensive role was less prominent than he was accustomed to at Duke, but he's polished and heady and should become a respectable jump shooter.

Tech had become a respectable program without many star recruits, and in 1999, the blue - collar roots of Beamer's recruiting efforts showed.

LDU have become a respectable side in South American football.

Pederson's began as a small operation, but it has grown to become a respectable natural meat producer.

The children of the saved became respectable through the acceptance of that discipline.

Men's soccer becomes respectable again (>.500) 5.

So, what's the problem now, years after the affair became public, the marriage disintegrated and the mistress became a respectable fiancee?

«Sky surveys became respectable not only because they brought in so much data but because the content of the data was so high that it enabled so many people to do science.»

At a time when effective instruction from a teacher is at last becoming respectable again, here we seem to be encouraged by the writer to respect students» «individual differences» and to plan for individual progression.

The modern Buick is becoming respectable thanks to its growing model lineup and its renewed customer - focused attention.

Self - publishing, it seems, is becoming respectable.

As soon as they started to make a few dollars they became respectable and built houses at

But the day can not be far off when it becomes respectable to support geoengineering research.

In 2010, when Bitcoin became a respectable digital peer - to - peer payment system, the average time for a Bitcoin transaction was around 10 minutes while the average transaction fee was only a few cents.

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Introversion has become more respectable.

But what kind of man has the power to undress another man's well - cared - for daughter, to unleash the hidden sexual eagerness of all the beautiful, spurning girls who walk the high - school corridors of this country, emerging into respectable professions before being snapped up by wealthy doctors and lawyers and becoming the soccer moms of tomorrow?

That said, this prolonged period of ultra low rates has had a downside, particularly for retirees: It has become increasingly difficult to find assets that generate a respectable stream of income.

As a result of the Thomson / Yamanaka breakthroughs, it is, all of a sudden, respectable to speak about the humanity not only of fetuses on the verge of becoming babies but of the embryo at the very beginning of life.

Otherwise, it will have nothing to give to the world but will become only a religious icing on the secular cake, providing religious approval to whatever the secular world may consider right and decent and respectable.

But if those rights become contingent on poor people's having the same moral virtues as the «respectable» middle class, then departures from these traits provide a way of avoiding responsibility.

Thus, aspects of the most barbarous past become elements of an infinitely respectable «culture,» since the only truly evil thing today is to think and act according to the idea that one form of life is better than another.»

It seems incredible to think of it now, but in this country, quite respectable people (some of whom later became senior politicians) campaigned for «paedophile rights».

If mind - cure should ever become official, respectable, and entrenched, these elements of suggestive efficacy will be lost.

OSU becomes the first serious Big 12 team (as in, not Kansas) to fall, and that's more to do with their loss to Arizona becoming less forgivable over time (Arizona's a respectable 3 - 2) than it is to them having two losses.

We had to make a lot of changes for them in the building to help shine everything up so it became something respectable - looking again.

25 year old Welsh international Bale became something of a scapegoat for Real Madrid's failure to secure a major title this term, despite his very respectable tally of 17 goals and 11 assists, and as such could be considering his future at the Bernabeu.

Inside the ground the need for renovations becomes more clear, however the seats appeared to be respectable with okay views (not that I or any of my fellow NUFC fans did much sitting).

In the middle of its society there stands the secular state, a respectable notion that has become oppressive and tyrannical in France.

But for many others, political betting is becoming a regular and even respectable practice, attracting the kind of punters that horse races and the football pools have previously failed to grasp.

But cosmology was gradually becoming more respectable because computer technology, space technology, and detector technology had combined to give us an avalanche of great information about the universe.

(«The professor becomes a [respectable] woman» [1]-RRB-, had been transformed with the addition of one furtively scribbled «G.» Now it read, «The professor doesn't become a woman» — or possibly, more subversively, «The professor ain't no lady.»

Now, it is apparent from reading even the first few pages of The Skeptical Environmentalist that Lomborg proposes to make the case that not just environmentalists, but a considerable part of the heretofore respectable environmental - science community, have been misunderstanding the relevant concepts, misrepresenting the relevant facts, understating the uncertainties, selecting data, and failing to acknowledge errors after these have been pointed out in other words, that the scientist contributors to what he calls «the environmental litany» (namely, that environmental problems are serious and becoming, in many instances more so) have been guilty of massively violating the scientists code of conduct.

The open source currency Bitcoin is slowing becoming more respectable.

So, when the Victorians get their hands on him, Newton becomes a middle class, respectable gentleman who loved children and had a dog who he played with.

What I felt to be particularly curious about this list was that, for the past 20 years (estimated ~ 1994 - 2014), Prof. Roig has become somewhat of a specialist in studying lying, cheating, mistrust, dishonesty, questionable writing practices and plagiarism (using key - words from the paper titles), with, on average, about 2 papers published a year on these topics, even in respectable journals like Science and Nature.

They understand themselves to be doctors, lawyers, parents, sons and daughters, successful business people but things become chaotic when their energetic body lacks resonance with their physical expression, regardless if their status is respectable or possesses a high social value.

This site does in a respectable way so I am glad with that and plans to become a member for quite some time.

It used to be fairly clunky and bizarre but it has since really toned it down and become quite the respectable dating site (of course it has a monster name to live up to).

Now hoop earrings have become cultural appropriation — It's written by «Anonymous author,» which shows both the cowardice of taking this risible stand, but also the willingness of a supposedly respectable news site to...