Sentence examples for modest call from inspiring English sources
THE modest call for help appeared in the gray roster of classified advertisements in The New York Post, tucked between an ad for a 1992 Nissan Maxima -- "runs great, sunroof" -- and a foreclosure notice.
Even Mr Romney's much more modest call to cut the corporate tax rate and extend income-tax cuts dating from George Bush junior's presidency generates more dismay than enthusiasm among voters.In fact, the only tax scheme that wins approval from most Americans is the one pushed by Mr Obama and other Democrats, to raise rates for the rich.
It all started with a modest call for a "Day without an Immigrant" on February 14 -- Valentine's Day -- in Philadelphia.
The F.C.C.'s proposals are modest, calling only for alerts when use limits are approached and again when they are reached.
We found that participant expectations when seeking CAM treatments for chronic low back pain were modest, calling for a reexamination of hypotheses that high expectations are responsible for positive treatment outcomes for CAM modalities.
All of these people are too modest to call themselves heroes, but their everyday acts of courage are making big changes in the world, driving a global movement that I want to chronicle in a documentary I'm making with Richard Neill called Shelter.
A few steps down sits a modest salon called Serenity Hair Plus, whose window advertises "fades," "mustache," "beard" and "regular cuts".
In 2004, Merrill Garbus created an adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" called "Fat Kid Opera," whose songs she composed on soprano ukulele.
While men had hitherto worn modest pieces called periwigs, in 1624 Louis XIII began wearing a much more conspicuous arrangement known as a peruke.
For a time my life's love and I, being indigent, innocent and happy, frequented a modest restaurant called the Original Joe's.
They plan to fly on to Italy after a few days here at the Madoffs' small stucco town house, tucked into the rear corner of a modest complex called Château des Pins.
