Sentence examples for modest opposition from inspiring English sources

Instead, they talk of more modest opposition to Trump.

He has fought only three times since, winning against modest opposition.

Giroud will surely show his worth again, against modest opposition, but this was a reminder of his limits.

With his access cut off, he said, Mr. Berezovsky is now reduced to a game of modest opposition.

The Northern League has maintained its hardline opposition to the government, while Berlusconi has wavered between modest opposition and collaboration with Renzi.

Wayne Rooney did well in qualifying against modest opposition, but that shouldn't guarantee him a place in the starting XI and nor should his reputation.

Ngog's three goals on tour might prove very timely, however modest the opposition.

It was up against the more modest BBC1 opposition of Antiques Roadshow, which unlike Strictly could only manage 4.9 million viewers.

On a dismal tour that has seen Jonathan Trott, Graeme Swann and Steven Finn leave early because of a combination of illness, lack of desire and poor form, Cook's team have won only two matches against modest representative opposition.

For England, with only two victories against modest representative opposition on this tour, the mental scars of a 5-0 Ashes whitewash can only have deepened after this crushing reverse.

But we do, on a modest level, because opposition parties get so-called Short money (named after Ted Short, a former leader of the Commons) to fund what they do in parliament.