Sentence examples for modest requests from inspiring English sources
Under Mr. Moonves, CBS started with modest requests for cash from small cable operators.
Soon I was giddily lavishing praise on anyone meeting my modest requests.
Charities on Foot The health charities that make more modest requests take to the pavement to raise money.
The report said the Police Department declined to cooperate with even modest requests for information, such as refusing to hand over a copy of the police academy's training manual.
Toward the middle of his list of accomplishments was "right-sizing state government with modest requests on state pension, health care" — a reference to his legislation that started a full-scale battle over labor unions, collective-bargaining rights and public workers.
The Chief Justice, as the leader of the federal judiciary, is obligated to prepare an annual report, which historically has been a fairly anodyne document — a set of modest requests to Congress, like faster confirmation of judges or new construction funds for courthouses.
Ms. Scavo had a more modest request for the panel.
Asking you to say something if you happen to see something is a modest request.
The blunt announcement turned a modest request into a movement that spanned several decades.
This is an exceedingly modest request, for theoretical physics is the cheapest of endeavors.
A modest request for help, or perhaps the shrewd start of a pre-publicity campaign?
