Sentence examples for a modest surplus of from inspiring English sources

Greece's budget should show a modest surplus of between 0.4% and 0.8% of GDP.

Faced with a modest surplus of oil in the global market, a coherent cartel would have pared back its production, propping up prices and revenue.

If tribulation builds character, then surely the past five weeks of strike-constricted travel have built a modest surplus of character in the commuters who customarily used the N.Y., Connecticut, and New Jersey rail lines.

The New Yorker, April 18 , 1983P. 40 If tribulation builds character, then surely the past five weeks of strike-constricted travel have built a modest surplus of character in the commuters who customarily used the N.Y., Connecticut, and New Jersey rail lines.

By Wolcott Gibbs The New Yorker, April 18 , 1983P. 40 If tribulation builds character, then surely the past five weeks of strike-constricted travel have built a modest surplus of character in the commuters who customarily used the N.Y., Connecticut, and New Jersey rail lines.

Although Trump took office with a modest surplus of goodwill, his ratings reached an especially low ebb in the aftermath of Republicans' failed health care bill.

In 2017, the federal government will take in revenues of $3.76 trillion, creating a modest surplus.

What if you kept just the entitlement programs and got rid of everything else? You'd have a modest surplus — about $109 billion.

Despite a sharp deterioration in the budgetary position in the final months of 2008, the full-year outturn is expected to show a modest surplus.

The Tories have a smaller deficit and the Lib Dems a modest surplus.

That deficit was eliminated in three years, and the company has boasted a modest surplus since 2013.