Sentence examples for a modicum of fact from inspiring English sources

First, we already knew that a larger Kindle was coming, so this news simply buttresses our original information with a modicum of fact.

Like most writers of westerns, he relied on movies for much of his imagery, but Leonard had taken the time to do a modicum of fact-finding, about which he would later be characteristically self-deprecating: "I cribbed most of my research.

While a modicum of reassurance is provided by the fact that retailers have signed up to the pledge and to cottoncampaign.org – boycott if not – inevitably Uzbek cotton finds its way into the nation's knicker drawers and linen cupboards.

He could have stopped there and demonstrated a modicum of knowledge re the Jewish calendar and the fact that Passover was indeed approaching.

In fact, such an exam, conducted with a modicum of skill, almost always gives the correct diagnosis of mitral stenosis.

In fact, all these interpretations may have a modicum of what Aristotle means.

Every voter with a modicum of experience in real-world economics gets that central economic fact.

In fact, all one actually needs is a modicum of desire, a speck of pluck and a few exceptionally well-documented connections.

In fact, the numbers do include at least a modicum of spin.

In fact, he has repeatedly refused to accept even a modicum of guilt for anything other than cheating on his girlfriend.

In fact, through my own experiences and those of others, I have seen a modicum of disappointment in "life after the Ph.D".