Sentence examples for modest advance from inspiring English sources

The 26% figure was a modest advance from the 24% recorded in 2008/9.

This was to be a paperback original, for a very modest advance.

C1 A late rally gave Wall Street a modest advance after the lackluster employment report.

The Boss. [C12.] Stocks Post a Modest Advance Stocks edged up as investors waited for important quarterly reports.

The show has a modest advance of more than $5 million, with group sales adding another $1 or $2 million.

Ticket sales so far are lackluster, the producers say, and the show has a modest advance of $1.5 million.

Such modest advances nonetheless represent a big change in China.

The authors receive modest advances, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000.

Let them talk about the lottery of life and death, and modest advances, and priorities.

Even with their recent gains, most indexes had only modest advances for the week.

Labour did well in Luton, gaining 11 seats, but made only modest advances in Reading, Basingstoke, Swindon, Dover and Southampton.