Sentence examples for modicum of belief from inspiring English sources

Jacob seemed to need something from me, something more, even, than just a modicum of belief.

That this act's great emotional duel is not totally destroyed is thanks entirely to Winters's pure-toned Violetta, whose every phrase is exquisitely shaped; this in itself compels a modicum of belief, as does Michaels-Moore's resonant Germont.

Given even one additional day and a modicum of belief in the outcome, the spin-doctors could have surely given us something more inspiring -- e.g., Restore America Today (RAT) or American Success Stories (ASS).

The mini-bounce has come at the right time: Schalke have regained a modicum of self-belief ahead of their trip to Galatasary on Wednesday.

"The America of the 1920's," they write, "was forward-looking, it was ebullient, but most of all it was an America captured by the belief that with a modicum of Yankee ingenuity, any problem could be solved".

Each apparently stems from employers' mistaken belief that providing a modicum of flexibility and predictability is bad for business (as if stressed-out employees and high turnover were good for the bottom line).

They have ideas, tactics, systems and other new-fangled methods that provide a modicum of comfort in the absence of self-belief.

All he needs is a modicum of luck, a putting stroke that will last him through the long week and a bucketload of self-belief.

Establishing that modicum of trust took years.

A modicum of people like it.

There is a modicum of control.