Sentence examples for moderate to take from inspiring English sources

The shared goal, many participants said, was to see if it would be possible to unite conservative Christians around a single alternative to Mr. Romney and avoid repeating the experience of 2008, when their disarray helped Senator John McCain, whom they considered a moderate, to take the nomination.

We're eight months out from the election and Obama has nominated a moderate to take a seat on the Supreme Court.

Far from exploiting the split in the MUD, the government crackdown has forced moderates to take to the streets in support of Mr López.

Just as more moderate voices took control of mainstream Christianity in the centuries after the Crusades, the time has come for similarly moderate voices to take control of mainstream Islam.

Alistair Darling, the social security secretary, wants people on moderate earnings to take out stakeholder pensions.

Ms. Giffords and Ms. Gillibrand were part of the "red to blue" Democratic Party strategy to get moderate Democrats to take over Republican districts.

Iran's supreme leader has formally endorsed Hassan Rouhani as the country's president, opening the way for the moderate cleric to take over from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

On the stump, he said that only he had the moderate credentials to take on Mr. Bush in November, declaring: "I'm the Democrat who has been the most mainstream.

And Israelis fear that if a moderate were to take over, it would not herald any real change in Iran, or its nuclear ambitions, but simply disguise it better.

It has a covert programme headed by the CIA  – and a a pubic one headed by the Pentagon – to train and recruit so-called moderate rebels to take on both Mr Assad and Isis.

For that, a manager needs a good understanding of the markets his company trades in; an ability to pick good staff; an eye for detail; plus a moderate willingness to take risks.