Sentence examples for modest efforts on from inspiring English sources

But certainly in this new era, where shopping is "celebrated" with Fashion's Night Out, where the industry simultaneously grants everyone access to fashion and then denies it with cruelly high prices, it is possible to feel a disconnect between the lobby scene and the very modest efforts on the runway.

Even so, liberals derided Obama for his very modest efforts on behalf of Lamont.

Research findings indicate that a well-trained neural network model is helpful in the assessment of wastewater reclamation practice to achieve significant cost savings with modest efforts in on-line sampling and analysis.

George W. Bush, by contrast, has made only modest efforts to appeal to independents on the reform issues that are dear to them.

Talks between the administration and labor groups have stalled over more modest efforts to address abuse of vulnerable people — for example, negotiations to create a list of penalties for state workers who act inappropriately have dragged on for the past year.

But even modest efforts to update the federal law have yet to get through Congress.

Even the most modest efforts to fortify the commonweal have been resisted.

Another clue is that the analysis assumes banks only have to make a modest effort to rely less on short-term funding.

Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance in New York City.

His more modest efforts merely charm.

And very modest efforts can make a difference too.