Sentence examples for modest provision from inspiring English sources

The modest provision that was cut would have done away with the cumbersome process.

However, its programme has been wound down and the government has put only modest provision in its place.

But Mr. Hagel noted that on Thursday night it took enormous political lifting just to extend a modest provision allowing certain illegal immigrants with jobs or family sponsors to remain in the country while applying for a green card.

The vote to replace the measure offered by Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, in favor of a more modest provision pushed by Mr. Levin, the Democrat who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee, did not break down along gender lines: of the seven women on the committee, three, including a fellow Democrat, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, sided with Mr. Levin.

The Code Forestier of 1827 provided the basis for developing how forests were to be managed, though made only modest provision for reforesting.

Despite his distress and this modest provision, he does not carry the weight of his action.

Other than that, the U.S.T.A. allows spectators to take modest provisions onto the grounds.

But other than those relatively modest provisions, most parts of the plan are not likely to be adopted any time soon, if at all.