Sentence examples for modest moving from inspiring English sources
The suggested increases in the minimum requirements for current affairs programming are modest, moving from 15 minutes to 30 minutes a week of regional programming and the equivalent of 90 minutes a week on ITV's national network.
The town of Auburn, even closer to Skaneateles, offers the modest, moving home of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom through the underground railroad, and the much grander, magnificently preserved house of William H. Seward, the former New York governor and Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State.
The recent editorial in The New York Times "A Modest Move on Methane" (January 19 , 2015 is spot on in identifying methane as a major unaddressed climate change problem, and praising President Obama faintly for his efforts to date.
As in the past the government here has swerved between crackdown and modest moves of conciliation.
Such modest moves did little to pacify brokers who were now being besieged by furious customers.
Some people in Congress want to tighten penalties on counterfeiters, a good but modest move.
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.
The session's modest moves came despite one of the most active days for acquisitions in almost three months.
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.
