Sentence examples for modest moves from inspiring English sources

Yet these are modest moves.

Such modest moves did little to pacify brokers who were now being besieged by furious customers.

As in the past the government here has swerved between crackdown and modest moves of conciliation.

The modest moves on Monday followed a rough week that ended with a sharp pullback Friday.

Mixed economic reports held the equity markets to only modest moves on Friday, though gains for the week were strong.

By trading Blair, Phillips made the first of what might be several modest moves to reduce the Mets' payroll.

Some people in Congress want to tighten penalties on counterfeiters, a good but modest move.

The results of their experiment are on display in "OT: Our Town," Scott Hamilton Kennedy's modest, moving documentary.

The modest move extends a pattern this week: even with plenty of earnings news from big companies, the broader market has shuffled between minor gains and minor losses.

There is a modest move towards means-testing: from 2007, richer old people will have to pay higher premiums for certain doctors' services.

This week or next, they could make a modest move, announcing that John Franco, the 43-year-old left-handed reliever, will return for his 15th season at Shea.