Sentence examples for modest worth from inspiring English sources

Of itself the Senate measure, focused on tax breaks for companies that take on unemployed workers, is modest, worth a mere $15bn £9.7bnn).

Fresh as the flower, whose modest worth He sang, his genius "glinted" forth, Rose like a star that touching earth, For so it seems, Doth glorify its humble birth With matchless beams.

Other openings are modest, only worth entering because the map promises they will circuitously lead where you want to go.

The result is useful to aid workers, but puzzling to economists: why should such a modest incentive (worth less than 50 cents) make such a big difference?

He is also a member of Congress and according to press reports has, despite the modest net worth he has declared, recently acquired an $800,000 beach house near here and a luxury home in Boca Raton, Fla.

Cash is one of the few assets that can offer more choices and broadly better return prospects to those with a modest net worth than to giant institutions, especially in a climate like today's.

In the meantime, Tony Blair, in his new guise as the UN's midwife for Palestine, will set out his plans to strengthen the economy and institutions of the West Bank in preparation for the independence that will come, some day.Are such modest aims worth going to Annapolis for?

This strategy is particularly helpful to families with only a modest net worth as it effectively removes much of the estate from becoming taxable.

Nicholson maintains that British Wrestling  is doing its best to succeed with the modest £3.5m worth of funding it has received from UK Sport since 2005.

Both companies are set to eclipse the seven-figure mark in fundraising despite the fact their original targets called for a modest $50,000 and $30,000 worth of support respectively.

Before the takeover, Boots UK bore a modest 50p-worth of loans for every £1 of equity, or net assets.