Sentence examples for modest bonuses from inspiring English sources

Mr. Giuliani favors individual performance bonuses for individual teachers, while the union is pushing for more base pay for all teachers and is willing to consider modest bonuses for all teachers at an improving school.

Mr. Fassir, who moved to the United States in 2003 and lives in Woodhaven, Queens, said he earned modest bonuses playing for Raja Casablanca: $10 for a win, $5 for a tie and $3 for a loss.

Instead, Mr. Boutaris, a wiry 70-year-old with a gold stud in one ear, a buzz cut and a penchant for expletives, is trying something previously unheard of at this City Hall: employees are given job descriptions, goals, evaluations — and modest bonuses when they hit their targets.

* Gains in stock options, restricted shares offset modest bonuses.

While Republicans have touted modest bonuses several million workers have received from various companies, Democrats have kept a running tally of share buybacks, which inflate the value of a company's stock and enrich executives.

Most major banks -- including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America -- have handed out more modest bonuses for 2011 as they anticipate lower profits, partly as a result of new financial regulations.

Even with 14-hour shifts most girls could not produce enough for a modest bonus.

It makes no sense that he would engage in such an elaborate, high-risk scheme simply to enhance his relatively modest bonus, or to bolster his reputation.

It is a modest bonus that Mike Goforth, director of athletic training, who is a frequent contributor, says allows him to buy extra Christmas gifts for his children.

Each DVD set comes with a modest bonus, a minidocumentary in which singers, directors and conductors are shown in rehearsal and give brief observations about the opera at hand.

"This year is the perfect situation where they can say it is a modest bonus season, but in the end, it could end up making many of them zillionaires," said Jonathan R. Macey, a professor of corporate law and finance at Yale. "Not all banks may do well in the long run, but most will".