Sentence examples for modest to work from inspiring English sources

His goal is relatively modest — to work as a sales assistant in a shop — but he said he had repeatedly been turned down because he lacked experience.

But it remains cumbersome to administer, confusing to the public and a modest disincentive to work.

"We came here with modest aspirations, to work hard and educate my daughters," said Mr Gillard, 81.

States with two real, functioning political parties that feel at least a modest obligation to work together.

With only two World Series titles compared with the Yankees' 26, with only one true Mets Hall of Famer (Tom Seaver) compared with the Yankees' Cooperstown brigade, the Mets had a far more modest history to work with.

Leaders have agreed to a parallel growth pact, albeit modest, and to work on other measures, such as common banking supervision.In this section Immigrants as scapegoats A policy "reorientation" Bad blood bubbles Charging at Merkel An unaffordable system A stunning victory Mysterious Mariano ReprintsAchieving parliamentary approval, however, will not bury Mr Hollande's Europe problem.

In London, despite the evident failure of that war to bring anything but chaos and ruin to the nation it claimed to be liberating, the effect of the atrocities suffered by people on their modest way to work has only been to increase the intransigence of the Prime Minister and government who tugged a protesting country into an unnecessary war.

To live a modest life, to work hard and to believe in yourself.

Following the closing of a $700,000 seed round at the start of this year, music streaming social network Whyd has been busy putting some of that modest capital to work with the development of its first foray into mobile.

King describes Suggs as a modest person who prefers to work privately.

The campaigns say the subscriptions tend to appeal to constituents on more modest incomes who have to work within monthly budgets.