Sentence examples similar to modest amends from inspiring English sources
That sounded fine except that his plan B is to have closed-door talks to shrink the constitution to a modest "amending treaty" designed to avoid a referendum.
In response, G.O.P. leaders have already chosen a hospital term to describe their reaction to any modest amending: dead on arrival.
The new treaty is more modest: it would amend previous EU treaties and drop some of the symbolic elements of the constitution, such as formally recognising the EU flag and anthem.
By describing what really happened, Mira wrote, she hoped to make amends: "Perhaps this modest material will help to clarify his identity as a great friend of the Jews of Bosnia long before World War II.
Lack of congressional support, in turn, will doom Mrs Arroyo's plans to amend the constitution, although more modest reforms, including an overhaul of the electoral system in time for congressional elections in 2007, should make more headway.
The statewide coalition of New York's prosecutors has always aggressively opposed any proposal to amend the Rockefeller drug laws, even those modest in scope, because such measures would curtail their power.
This article was amended on Monday 30 March 2015 to remove a reference to Jonathan Swift's essay A Modest Proposal.
It amends accounting rules.
