Sentence examples for a modest rank from inspiring English sources

Because Joachim was a councillor in the Parlement of Brittany in Rennes, Descartes inherited a modest rank of nobility.

Downgrading the picture from the exalted status of a Van Dyck to the more modest rank of an artist known only to a handful of art historians and specialized dealers drastically cut down its financial potential.

Mr. Cook said it was rare for an officer of Colonel Davis's modest rank to "decide that he knows better" and to go to Congress and the news media.

"It's very hard for them to say, 'can't do.' " Mr. Cook said it was rare for an officer of Colonel Davis's modest rank to "decide that he knows better" and to go to Congress and the news media.

An ingredient badly missing from the centralized systems of imperial Japan and Nazi Germany was the willingness, demonstrated again and again by top Anglo-American military and political leaders, to share power with those of more modest rank who had greater expertise in tackling a particular problem and who were closer to the action.

SS-Lieutenant-Colonel Adolf Eichmann (1906-62): Led Gestapo Jewish department despite modest rank.

Still life paintings, the "foot soldiers in the army of art," as they have been called for their modest ranking, found a niche as an independent form beginning in the 16th century at the same time in Italy, Spain, and northern Europe.

It's true that the court-approved criminalization of a practice accepted by the medical profession could create a "chilling effect," further reducing the already modest ranks of abortion doctors.

Perhaps more important, though, was the fact that the Naval Academy was a relatively new institution in 1861, and its few graduates therefore occupied relatively modest ranks during the war (mostly as lieutenants), while the senior officers — commanders, captains and all of the flag officers — were men who had grown up in what then called the "Old Navy".

Overall a modest but significant rank correlation was found between self and validated number of voice calls (ρ = 0.3, P = 0.04) with a sensitivity of 57% and specificity of 66%.

The Knicks rank a modest 15th in the league in points per game allowed, after starting the season right at the top.