Sentence examples for modest offerings from inspiring English sources

Of the three auction houses, Sotheby's had by far the most modest offerings.

Several strong works among those by 25 artists compel attention, and the more modest offerings are at least material for discussion.

Even more telling evidence of the buyers' eagerness was provided by the unusually high success rate of the Impressionist and Modern Art day sale, traditionally reserved for the most modest offerings.

And Catholic strongholds remain hostile to rivals: last year an exotic Luz del Mundo temple in Guanajuato was vandalised.At the same time, as the state gets better at bringing basic services to distant places, the outsiders' modest offerings are being superseded.

When the fund first offered shares, a modest offering of 2.5 million shares quickly ballooned to a total of 27 million, bringing the fund $247 million in capital and representing what was at the time the biggest offering in investment company history.

Gerard Manley Hopkins's At the Wedding March is a more modest offering than Spenser's poem, but it seems more personal.

Brightcove's debut — which at the midpoint of its price range will value the Web company at $290.1 million — will be a relatively modest offering.

Tipping is a filthy foreign habit, of course, but Thai taxi drivers and waitresses won't object, if you give a modest offering of no more than 20 baht.

Victoria Beckham's first collection, a modest offering of just six styles ($1,800 to $13,950), focuses on a central and alluring theme: 24 hours in the life of Victoria.

And, like millions of others, my modest offering will put me in the camp of "warm glow" givers: people whose contributions to charity stem from local, personal and spontaneous incentives, seldom guided by reason or research.

When Sony entered the digital S.L.R. business by buying the remains of Konica-Minolta, it started out with a relatively modest offering aimed at the same consumer market as its popular point-and-shoot cameras.