Sentence examples for far from modest from inspiring English sources

Their accomplishment, as well as that of their parents, teachers and leaders, is far from modest.

After all, in Johnson's own (far from modest) opinion of himself, he will only be receiving his due.

The goals were far from modest when Mr. Bush's father signed the first climate treaty, in 1992.

His own convictions in this matter were far from modest: "One of the few gifts fate bestowed upon me is a capacity for truth insofar as it depends upon myself".

But it is safe to assume that the two-hundred-thousand-square-foot museum, which has been designed by Moshe Safdie and is set in a wooded ravine, surrounded by walking trails and woodlands, will be far from modest: the Walton Family Foundation has endowed it to the tune of eight hundred million dollars, which is four times larger than that of the Whitney.

"It's not just the historical characters, it's the current ones, and these very eminent women just somehow get overlooked". Now the Royal Society, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, is throwing open its doors and encouraging enthusiastic volunteers to go on to Wikipedia and blow the trumpet for unassuming women whose contributions to science and engineering are far from modest.

Both the political press corps and the Republican opposition are, not unreasonably, preoccupied with the White House's role in major events, and coverage of these three scandals will rise and fall depending on the level of White House involvement, which so far ranges from modest to nonexistent.

The three-story town houses and four-story condo buildings are being built on what was formerly a grassy field, set behind the Palmer Square commercial area and not far from a modest neighborhood of single-family homes and rental apartments.

THE setting is far from elaborate: two modest houses on a street of light industry and empty buildings here, the rooms neat but in need of paint, cracks revealed by bleak florescent lighting.

"We found out most people would rather have a TV than a meal," Neeleman apologetically tells a passenger from Ridgewood, N.Y., not far from JetBlue's modest headquarters in Kew Gardens, N.Y.

Far from being unsustainable, modest measures would fully fund the program and enable increased benefits.