Sentence examples for modest backgrounds from inspiring English sources

There were fewer bright students from modest backgrounds.

Improvements in the educational outcomes for children with parents from modest backgrounds are striking.

They found they shared modest backgrounds and concerns about growing inequality.

They are a growing and diverse group; often they hail from modest backgrounds.

Like Mrs. Obama, whose father worked for the city water department, most are from modest backgrounds.

"Some individuals from modest backgrounds have benefited from a grammar school education," he said.

Both were sports buffs who had risen from modest backgrounds with few formal qualifications.

They learned that they shared modest backgrounds and strong family roots.

Both Mr. Sethuraman and Mr. Higgs come from modest backgrounds and worked hard for their success.

I am sure many from modest backgrounds who apply to Oxford experience the same anxieties.

Both are from modest backgrounds and have risen to high office through the Labour party.