Sentence examples for modest limit from inspiring English sources

"I looked up Indiana on the Web site," said Senator Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana, "and very few Indiana farmers would be affected by a modest limit".

It has built 1.4m brick homes for the poor, and delivered free water, up to a modest limit, to 26m of South Africa's 45m people.

3) When he opened a new card before he took a recent trip (per his blog) he was assigned a credit limit of $5,000, which is a modest limit.

So far, efforts by media companies are modest, limited largely to games, ring tones and wallpaper.

He kept his offers modest, limiting them to a role player or two.

But lawmakers seeking even modest limits on gun rights seem almost resigned to failure.

Within modest limits, he argues, solar power can play a bigger role in meeting energy needs, especially with new technology that transforms infrared light into electricity.

As Weisman reports, some Democratic senators are considering making a serious effort next January to place modest limits on this outrageous, abusive, blatantly unconstitutional practice.

The power driving agricultural and other production was almost entirely supplied by humans and animals, which set modest limits to economic growth.

In contrast to the limits on ballistic missile warheads and air-launched cruise missiles, only modest limits would be set on bombs and short-range missiles carried by bombers.

Some national security advocates argue that the bill strikes a reasonable balance, while others worry that even modest limits may tie the government's hands at a time of continuing terrorist threats.