Sentence examples for modest raised at from inspiring English sources

More than a million people had already contributed to the cause, but in amounts that were usually modest, raised at Free Willy bake sales and by kids breaking open their piggy banks.

"It was a modest beginning to understanding the issues that were raised at the hearing," Mr. Tomson said.

Only last autumn, unions and oil workers led weeks of strikes and blockades in protest at Mr Sarkozy's modest raising of the minimum retirement age.

Contractors had offered more modest raises.

NOT too long ago, but long enough that employees could smoke at their desks, annual employee reviews involved a literal pat on the back and a modest raise.

We passed on all of these deals and often tried to discuss the possibility of more modest amounts of capital raised and at more realistic prices.

That has helped keep pay raises modest, at least in comparison with those in the United States.

Start with a modest goal: raise $50,000.

Frank was born into a modest family raising poultry in Salisbury, Maryland.

Does this modest proposal raise the specter of "designer minds?" I don't think so.

More modest memorials were raised in the parish churches at Hodnet and Malpas.