Sentence examples for acquire a modest share from inspiring English sources

But Forks would dearly like to acquire a modest share of Seattle's genius for spinning money in cyberspace.

The government acquired a more modest share in the nation's largest bank, Bank of America, but only because they refused to bargain with the banks the way banks bargained with their customers.

All together having a good time,' a modest share of happiness.

In addition mining tsar Gina Rinehart, the world's richest woman, will probably acquire a sizable share.

At the moment we have a very modest share in the annuity market.

POISON PILL -- When 20percentt of PeopleSoft's shares are acquired, a provision issues millions of additional shares, making it difficult to acquire a majority.

At the same time, high bandwidth regions Northern Europe, Northern America, and Western Europe saw their share of global bandwidth declining a bit while other regions saw modest share increases.

Dail deputies are targeted to a modest extent, sharing in the cuts to public sector pay.

So far the programme has cost a modest £185m, shared by industry and the MoD.

The technology he developed as co-founder at startup Modest Inc. had initially garnered the attention of PayPal, which led them to acquire Modest only a few years after launch.

The Jets wound up acquiring him for a modest draft pick.