Sentence examples for a modest official from inspiring English sources
Some had asked how the family could afford Bo Guagua's education on a modest official salary.
He was rusticated for a year due to his poor academic performance at Oxford and many wondered how the family found the money for his education - Papplewick and Harrow and then university - on a modest official's salary.
Bought luxury property despite her modest official salary.
Coalition generals came to see Karzai as the "go-to" man in the region; his influence belied his modest official title.
It has not gone unnoticed that many civil servants live in luxury that doesn't square with their modest official salaries.
And regional parks, which depend on stay-at-homes for their business, have actually enjoyed a modest upswing, officials of those parks say.
Last year a Swedish cabinet minister who might well have become prime minister resigned when it was disclosed that she had bought her child a modest toy on an official credit card.
His report quickly disposed of any questions about the legitimacy of Mr. Bruno's helicopter travels; under the rules in place, even a modest fig leaf of official business could justify them.
Lawmakers passed a limited ethics bill for legislators and statewide elected officials, a modest expansion of rent regulations for millions of New York City residents, an important five-year tuition plan for the state's universities — all moves in the right direction.
Most challenging of all is persuading young, healthy Americans — the most profitable customers for insurance companies — to buy their "mandated" coverage next year, even though the penalty for not doing so is a modest $95. White House officials say this group's participation in health insurance marketplaces is vital to their success because it will offset the cost of less-healthy customers.
At an 11th-hour meeting, South Korea's top economic officials reached a modest breakthrough with bank union representatives, by getting labor officials to join a working-level committee to discuss specific issues through the night.
