Sentence examples for modest source from inspiring English sources

Initially Google.com carried no advertising; its sole (and modest) source of revenue was licensing fees.

This is borne out by statistics which show that duties are a modest source of revenue for the Treasury.

Instead, state lawmakers approved a more modest source of revenue for public transit, a fee on taxi and Uber trips.

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For recording artists who don't have a national profile, TV licensing helps them reach a wider audience and provides a new, albeit sometimes modest, source of income.

One modest source of support is a federal abandoned property program set up under President George W. Bush and supported by President Barack Obama; it, however, may also fall into disrepair.

Amid the many "G's" Mr. Bloomberg earned in dividends, interest, capital gains and other sources were a few more modest sources of income.

Forestry-drained peatlands are sources of CO2 and modest sources of N2O (see Table  4).

At 57% of the buckwheat grain biomass, the endosperm was a modest nutrient source when compared to the cotyledons, at 17% of the biomass.

This unlikely yet widespread practice generates a modest ongoing source of income in U.S. zoos, dependent on paintings made by gorillas, elephants, sea lions, birds and even stingrays and snakes, all sold in zoo gift shops and online.

The good news here is that well-insulated homes with even a modest heat source can usually survive at least a day or two in sub-freezing temperatures without risk to indoor pipes, Mr. Bradley said.