respectability

Their respectability was as dear to her as her own, and a daily intercourse had become precious by habit.

While some argue soccer has no future in this country, other indicators say the sport could be on the road to mainstream respectability.

On endowments of that grave and weighty order which gives the idea of permanence, and comes under the general definition of respectability.

He desired to see all that were connected with him in situation of respectability.

The apparent respectability of many public figures is only an illusion, like the false impression that world events are random.

Most important, some young people seem to be growing up without learning the distinction between respectability and attention.

That should have been a guarantee of respectability, but some toy makers were nervous just the same.

Having worked tirelessly to achieve a position of gentlemanly respectability, neither a divorce nor an open affair was an option.

To fight corruption to a standstill and restore Nigeria to the enviable standard of respectability and dignity within the comity of nations.

It took Hyundai the better part of 20 years to gain respectability and churn out a competitive line of products.

It's like an aristocrat gone to seed, fiercely hanging onto respectability.

Desperate to feel rich and important, they tend to be excellent mimics of respectability.

Constantly he suppresses desire for the sake of doing what seems proper, for he would like to maintain an image of respectability.

A silk hat , a black coat and a hard white collar are said to be signs of respectability.

It badly wants the respectability that comes with a reputation for environmental responsibility.

Moreover, for all his foreigner-bashing, Mr Putin has shown that he craves international respectability.

Englishmen start galloping to the devil, but as they grow older, they nearly always change horse and amble along gently to respectability.

Moreover, African governments have come to enjoy the respectability that arises from proper elections.

To be shaved was a fashion of Florentine respectability .

There was a tease in Chabrol and many signs of bourgeois respectability.

Her books were published anonymously, since at the time she wrote, women who became public figures often lost respectability.

Striving to convey a manner OR an appearance of refinement and respectability.

One would never understand the real meaning of life once he is held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.

And junk food is gaining new respectability: lycopene-rich tomato sauce and pizza are now thought to reduce prostate cancer risk.

It gave a veneer of intellectual respectability to the eugenic horrors which culminated in the Nazi death camps.

But respectability will not create enough jobs, let alone secure Indonesia's aim of becoming "an advanced and self-reliant nation by 2025" .

As respectability became the central middle-class value, censorship and repression became the norm.

So the film's journey into mainstream respectability, and availability, is finally complete.

Consider Mr. Collins's respectability, and Charlotte's prudent, steady character.

Respectability is in itself no bar to the production of works of art.

The respectability of youth lies in their courage and great expectations.

The whole allegory is a consistent attack on morality and respectability .

He longed to throw off the mask of respectability.

We must establish the respectability of peace and get rid of the false glamour surrounding war.

China's wine, long derided by drinkers outside the country as cheap swill, has taken one tiny step toward respectability this week.

Demirep: a person of doubtful reputation or respectability.

The young can do it, but I am middle-aged, and I have a family, and in my very blood there is respectability, the essence of the bourgeois.

Surgeons didn't have a problem with respectability anymore. They had become gods.

The respectability is very one-sided.

Take, for example, Mercedes-Benz, a brand that in much of the world suggests moneyed respectability.

This provides a degree of respectability to the man, while the wife hopes that they can lead a normal life.

The certificate of credit standing and respectability of the establishment applicant; and;

Market Risks in the Credit Standing and Respectability Monitoring over Industrial Businesses

Towards an Understanding of Credit Standing and Respectability

Rivals grumble that Tata's current respectability masks a past spent

The road to respectability

a thin veneer of respectability