Sentence examples for deliver a modicum from inspiring English sources
Amid weariness on the awards circuit, which is every bit as calculated and draining as the political trail (if occasionally with better food), some in Hollywood have called for the Academy Awards to be moved up to January, which would help them contend with ratings competitors like the Golden Globes, and perhaps deliver a modicum of surprise.
"The big question for all those who are engaged in military action in Syria is what is their plan to stop the killing and bring a durable peace that can deliver a modicum of hope to the people ofSyria?" David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee humanitarian agency, told Reuters Television.
His success in building schools, digging wells and delivering a modicum of stability in an area of Somalia that is home to terrorists and pirates had attracted the notice of the United Nations — and possibly envious rivals.
McQuarrie delivers a modicum of visual wit in a handful of scenes — one set in a water-filled torus, where Cruise must hold his breath for three minutes, involves a gyrating device that enters the frame with an unexpected jolt, a gag that McQuarrie cleverly builds upon soon thereafter.
He has been a lightning rod of a leader, lionized by some within his country for delivering a modicum of development to certain parts of northern Sudan but vilified by Western leaders and human rights groups — and many of his own people — for devising repressive and often brutal policies, including the counterinsurgency campaign in Darfur.
Second, they visibly delivered a modicum of public services.
What this means is that Puerto Rico can't keep paying its debts while also delivering a necessary modicum of services to its people.
But it would have been more compelling had it been delivered with a modicum of self-reflection.
Details for Sunday's ceremony have been kept tightly under wraps as producers strain to deliver a live telecast that has some modicum of surprise.
Rebels here have a modicum of communication equipment.
and the ground must have a modicum of fertility.
