Sentence examples for Modest span from inspiring English sources

One of Ove Arup's favorite projects was, likewise, a footbridge, a modest span across the River Wear on the campus of Durham University, completed in 1963; he later described it as a "rather perfect" example of "the complete integration of architecture, structure and method of construction".

The fund should have only one purpose, charity, and a modest life span.

Consistent with this, mice with partial inactivation of p110α have a modest life span extension.

Because of their modest life span and aging-associated pathologies that parallel humans, including arthritis [ 4], marmosets have also shown great promise as a non-human primate model of aging and aging-related disease [ 5].

This correlated with a modest median life span extension of approximately 6% in the male p110αD933A/WT mice that survived to middle age.

Given the likelihood that any sirtuin drug will not be perfect, Guarente envisions a modest effect on life span, but a major effect in health span (the period during which we are healthy and active).

It has only a modest effect on life span, but it causes costly chronic illnesses, like diabetes.

This beneficial effect of p110α inactivation on metabolism correlates with a modest extension in life span.

Importantly, when Zmpste24-null mice were fed with sodium butyrate, a modest extension of life span and amelioration of premature aging phenotypes was observed, suggesting that HDAC inhibition might have a therapeutic potential.

Ms Villiers's proposal spans a modest four pages.

The amount may have been modest but the entitlement spanned three centuries, illustrating just how long pension commitments can last.A pension promise can be easy to make but expensive to keep.