Sentence examples for hit modest from inspiring English sources

The leader of Somerset county council, Ken Maddock, has said that Southwest One is failing to deliver, that its accounts show "staggering losses" of £31.5m and "failures to hit modest savings targets".

And the not-so-wealthy fretted that the tax was going to hit more modest estates next year.

Then, on Oct. 14, a missile apparently intended for an Egyptian Qaeda operative, Ibrahim al-Banna, hit a modest outdoor eating place in Shabwa.

Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance in New York City.

Shares of Pulte Homes fell 5 cents, or 0.6%, to $9.11, even though the company said it still expects to hit its modest fourth-quarter goal of earning zero to 10 cents a share, excluding land-related charges.

In the five years since she débuted, with the album "Pink Friday," we've seen a handful of female hopefuls score modest hits or Internet accolades, but Minaj hadn't offered such praise to a young peer before.

Carey's post-Mottola career has been distinguished by big hits and modest hits, but lately it is the column of modest hits that gets longer.

Nor do they want to buy state enterprises: by its own admission, the government stands little chance of hitting its modest privatisation target.

Her rhetoric hits a modest peak in the introductory remarks: "This book is the result of a long practical experience, a lively curiosity and a real love for cookery.

But yesterday his Inaugural Address hit a more modest note.

But opponents of the tax object that it will primarily hit residents of modest homes in pricey London, rather than "mansions".