Sentence examples for modest lowering from inspiring English sources

In this election, his promises were more modest — lowering taxes, cutting government spending and improving the nation's ailing infrastructure — a platform not much different from that of Mr. Veltroni.

Our estimation predicts that modest lowering of 'limiting' elastic modulus of 1.4 GPa can be expected for thicker polymer brushes.

The long-term fouling rate was decreased substantially by a modest lowering of setpoint flux from 65 to 50 L/(m2 h) and by an increase in backwash frequency from 15 to 10 min.

It seems unlikely that modest lowering of insulin levels is alone responsible for cognitive improvements.

Within a very large cohort of women, our findings show that higher caffeinated coffee intake is associated with a modest lowering in risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.

Studies published since these reviews have shown modest lowering of preprandial glucose (130) and A1C (−0.2 to −0.3%) (119, 130) with intakes of >50 g of fiber/day.

His father was a lifelong salesman; during the Depression, his parents struggled to hold onto their modest lower-middle-class existence.

CO2 fertilization increased wood supply, leading to lower wood prices which in turn induced modest lower prices of end products and higher global consumption.

The Tronshart House is a modest lower class house, composed of a room at the ground floor and another one in the attic.

The street I lived on for the first handful of years of my life was lined with modest, lower-middle-class houses with small front yards and cracked driveways your typical North Jersey neighborhood, with all the odd hidden darkness that that implies.

Results were consistent with the hypothesis that past, but not recent, multivitamin use may be associated with a modest lower risk of colorectal cancer.