It was then thought that smoking was normal and that any self-respecting man should light up a cigarette.
No trade union or self-respecting staff association that has the right to strike would have readily accepted the agreement.
No self-respecting local authority could afford not to have a youth club.
No self-respecting trade union and no self-respecting employers' organisation or professional organisation would accept that archaic way of negotiating salaries and conditions.
Every self-respecting town, however small, has its camping ground with conveniences provided.
No self-respecting democracy would allow the flagrant infringements of human rights that are occurring there.
I do not believe that any self-respecting fishmonger would admit to keeping fish from one day to the next, in response to an order.
It is a very uphill task for a self-respecting politician.
