Sentence examples for modest compromise from inspiring English sources

A modest compromise may not fundamentally alter the technical complexion of Iran's nuclear program, but it may change the political milieu that has thus far obstructed an accord.

He faces more even than the habitual vacillation of his allies who, having agreed a modest compromise after tortuous negotiation, are now trying to water it down again.

And yet, ironically, the more the sanctions policy succeeds, the more reluctant the great powers become to exchange any of their gains for a modest compromise.

Even a seemingly modest compromise, one that would allow a defendant to request that the judge be a lawyer, seems doomed, its sponsor says.

Page A4 IRAN SENDS MIXED SIGNALS A senior Iranian official hinted that Iran would consider limits on its home-grown stockpile of enriched uranium, offering what seemed a modest compromise to partly meet Western concerns ahead of the planned resumption this week of nuclear talks with a group of six global powers.

Given his administration's myriad political problems, it is unlikely to be renewed, even if his party manages to hold onto both houses of Congress in the autumn mid-term elections.The collapse will probably be blamed on America, which has been pushing for bold action on agricultural tariffs, and resisting a modest compromise deal that includes caps on its own agricultural subsidies.

As Putin and European leaders meet in Portugal for the latest in a series of summits that it was originally envisaged would annually advance co-operation, some modest compromises and agreements are likely.

And since he has already promised, more than once, to co-operate fully with the inspectors, the risk must be that the modest compromises made to get him to repeat that promise to Mr Annan have merely stored up more trouble for the future.In this section The real risk in banking Sovereign consumers Who's winning?

If this is Don winning, it's a modest, hedged, compromised win.

What's likely to happen in the markets over the next few days? A. It's possible that Monday's market moves will spook members of the House of Representatives enough that they will be willing to change their votes with only a modest amount of compromise.

"Before February, most Bulgarians thought Plevneliev was a boutique president, a man from the business, modest and ready to compromise," said Victor Bachev, a TV producer and fervent protester.