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respectable position

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respectable
adjective
uk /rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/ us /rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/
considered to be socially acceptable because of your good character, appearance, ...
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position
noun
uk /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ us /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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Examples of respectable position


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This is a perfectly respectableposition for those who see human life as a mystery that cannot be solved by rational analysis.
Corder maintains his innocence and appeals to his respectableposition as the bailiff questions him, but he inadvertently betrays knowledge of the crime and is arrested (71).
The resort to neutrality is an intellectually respectableposition.
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Before the deal, we were seen as having, mostly, a respectableposition.
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This would appear to be a very respectableposition on the matter, taking a specific point of view.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That seems to be a wholly respectableposition to adopt.
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Stated in that term, this could be a respectableposition to adopt, provided that inequity is avoided.
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That would be a perfectly respectableposition if it did not conflict with some inconvenient facts.
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That is an understandable and entirely respectableposition.
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It is a respectableposition.
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We should put ourselves in a respectableposition by forming a proper corps of guides who would not provide the bowdlerised history which one often hears now.
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They finished 9th that season, a respectableposition for a newly promoted team.
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In principle this is a respectableposition, but as the construction grows in popularity, its viability is progressively reduced.
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Stoke finished the season in a respectableposition of 10th.
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Things picked up in the second half of the season, though, and the team finished in a respectableposition in the top half of the 3.
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Montauban ended the season in seventh place, a respectableposition for a newly promoted team.
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Northwood finished the 2012/13 campaign in a respectableposition of 13th, six places and nine points worse off from their finish in 2012.
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Slowly making their way up, many had achieved respectable positions by the beginning of the 20th century.
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The club continued to challenge for the title for several years coming in respectable positions, but their closest was that of the 1990-91 season.
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Its students are now everywhere in respectable positions.
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