Sentence examples for a modest standard from inspiring English sources

Foreigners are expected to be able to "keep assets which are necessary to maintain a modest standard of living, e.g. watches and mobile phones.

A spokesperson for the Danish government confirmed that body and luggage searches will be carried out but said asylum seekers will "always be able to keep assets which are necessary to maintain a modest standard of living, e.g. watches and mobile phones".

FORBES: You picked a pretty modest standard of living, as I understand it.

Its view is that the benchmark must, above all else, tell employers and employees the minimum that needs to be paid if households are typically to reach an acceptable, if modest, standard of living.

But a modest technical standard can almost be an advantage when tackling the ballets of Antony Tudor.

Economic growth of 9% to 10%, necessary to bring electricity to all households and offer a modest living standard to all citizens in the next two to three decades, cannot be achieved without significant increase in aggregate emissions.

Why would you deal with a broker who will not adhere to this modest standard?

In view of the modest standard deviations in mutant frequencies between animals jackpot mutations were not expected.

Toronto host Columbus to start the weekend, with not a lot to cheer about at BMO Field – though by their current, modest standards, a goalless draw to prevent New York going top of the East would count as a success.

Yet 2014 was – by my modest standards – a remarkable year: my Cheltenham Festival winners included Sire de Grugy, backed at 28-1 for the BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase, and my Aintree winners included Pineau de Re, backed at 40-1 for the Crabbie's Grand National.

Thanks to "Eyes on the Prize," an extravagantly admired pair of documentary series on the civil-rights movement, which he produced in 1987 and 1990, Hampton is now a star, at least by the modest standards of public television.