Sentence examples for a modest run of from inspiring English sources

But the show they created, originally scheduled for a modest run of a few weeks, caused a sensation.

Among them was "The Giving Tree," whose breakaway success caught by surprise not only his publishers, who had printed a modest run of seven thousand copies, but also Silverstein himself, who claimed it had no message.

The project has been difficult to execute for a lot of reasons according to Daniel Castrejón of Umor Rex, a cassette label run out of Mexico City who released the album (with the help of Thrill Jockey) as a modest run of 80 tapes.

Despite the talent behind the musical, which was nominated for several Tony Awards, it enjoyed only a modest run of 561 performances on Broadway.

This show, which had only a modest run on Broadway a few years ago, turns out to be a winning combination of the silly, sassy, sweet and spirited.

"Gypsy" was certainly a success, but it had a more modest run of 702 performances and was blanked at the Tony Awards as the yodeling von Trapps and a singing mayor divvied up the spoils.

With ozone layer-like holes opening up in the England Test team's top order the diminutive Nottinghamshire batsman will find himself talked about again, even though he came into this match against Sussex with a modest tally of 436 runs at 29.07 this season.

"Whilst we were setting up for a modest production run of 20,000 units the expressions of interest overtook us by a factor of 10.

The Catlin Guide 2011 will go on sale next week with a modest print run of over 2,000, but you can preview the work of all the artists featured in this year's guide online here.

After the modest run scoring of the previous three Test seasons, Morris warmed up in 10 lead-in matches that yielded a moderate return of 347 runs at 34.70.

That provision, because of its slight cost and a modest fee, ran afoul of the constitutional mandate that tax measures originate in the House.