Sentence examples for Modest advance from inspiring English sources

This was to be a paperback original, for a very modest advance.

The 26% figure was a modest advance from the 24% recorded in 2008/9.

C1 A late rally gave Wall Street a modest advance after the lackluster employment report.

In an interview, Mr. Erving said Spotify had paid a modest advance that helped him establish his company.

The Boss. [C12.] Stocks Post a Modest Advance Stocks edged up as investors waited for important quarterly reports.

The show has a modest advance of more than $5 million, with group sales adding another $1 or $2 million.

Ticket sales so far are lackluster, the producers say, and the show has a modest advance of $1.5 million.

Previews began on Thursday, July 18, with a modest advance of $5 million and daily ticket sales of $50,000.

Pancreatic specialists have said the drug was a welcome, if modest, advance against a disease that is extremely tough to treat.

Late Saturday morning, a U.N. Security Council resolution to send a modest advance team of monitors to Syria passed with Russia's approval.

Such modest advances nonetheless represent a big change in China.