| The veneer of middle-class respectability is laid bare for the cheating, backstabbing and adulterous world it really is in Leslie Darbon's play. |
| The world would be a much better place if today's washed-up actresses saw patriotism as the route to respectability. |
| Mere culture, refinement, respectability, morality, is simply a painted coating of varnish on the outside. |
| In doing so he demonstrates a clear preference of respectability above passion. |
| Kildare were a dispirited bunch but it was to get much worse before a late rally put a little respectability on the final scoreline. |
| Anxieties regarding respectability were often concealed by seemingly trivial complaints over children, gardens or noise. |
