Sentence examples for example of the modest from inspiring English sources

At the Catholic Charities administrative office in downtown Brooklyn, Mr. Siebel said the Guevara's case is a typical example of the modest and temporary nature of help for the working poor from the Neediest Cases Fund.

But the village is also a perfect example of the modest, eclectic (and frugal) charms to be found in its home province of Guairá (pronounced gwa-ee-RAH), a relatively small area of about 1,500 square miles in the south of Paraguay, a landlocked country that is poor and mostly ignored by the outside world — but spirited and fascinating all the same.

The church, with an 1883 Stick style rectory and 1904 Arts and Crafts-style parish hall, is an example of the modest English Gothic parish church popular in the region during the mid-19th century.

There is, for example, the case of the modest teacher named Aditya in "The Man With Long Hair," whose homoerotic infatuation with an itinerant actor leads him to rekindle his faded passion for his wife.

A fund run by the Blackstone Group is leading a $662.3 million bid for a technology outsourcing firm based in China, the latest example of a modest boom among buyout shops backing the privatization of Chinese companies listed in the United States.

The sole example of cleverness is the modest trick of having the chorus open the show on their knees so that Buddy is towering over them up at the North Pole.

To take a small example, the modest town of Charlottesville in Virginia has 13 water authorities.Not surprisingly, investment in water has been patchy and neglected.

The Good/Box product, called GoodBox Bash, is a relatively modest example of the trend, when considering what this change to dynamic data means for the tech industry, and possibly society.

The "duty of the man of Wealth," he wrote, is to "set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds".

This example also further illustrates the importance of large sample sizes for the detection of the modest effect sizes typical of complex traits.

A recently discovered 1905 Leo, the only example of the marque known to exist, sold for a surprisingly modest $24,000.