Sentence examples for modicum of safety from inspiring English sources

The police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, criticized the ruling, contending that the program, also known as Clean Halls, gave residents of the Bronx buildings "a modicum of safety for less prosperous tenants.

At the moment Waleed Aly, an Aussie accent, a participation in traditional Aussie pastimes and a working knowledge of colloquialisms act as passports to legitimacy and acceptance in the workplace, at mother group, at the shops, and at times even provides a modicum of safety on the streets.

The law-enforcement agencies involved stand to benefit directly from at least $1.4m in seized assets – each dollar earned by the sweat and tears of those of us who advertised on Rentboy – to fund their ongoing enforcement efforts to lower our wages and rip up the modicum of safety we've carved out on third-party platforms like Rentboy.com.

"The worst thing … is to let something widely out before you've even tested a modicum of safety.

The aspects of football that make it so appealing are of course the ones that make it so intrinsically addictive, and curtailing them to a reasonable modicum of safety feels futile.

So what I've done is I've started an organization down here that I got a non-profit status, so that I can help the girls, and train them, and teach them how to negotiate through this world and the society and maintain some modicum of safety and strength and resilience so that we can resist the bullshit and we can rebel against the crap that is holding us down.

Second, the country must have a modicum of physical safety.

This is because the absence of meaningful gun control in our time so clearly reflects the arrogant and disproportionate power of just one group -- the gun lobby -- riding roughshod over everyone else's right to a modicum of public safety.

The crime set off vigils, petitions and pickets on both sides, and a campaign for a solution as modest as it was obvious -- a "shape-up site" that would allow workers to leave the streets and parking lots and find basic shelter, toilets and a modicum of dignity and safety.

To recognize the common need we all have to live together in some modicum of peace and safety in order to survive.

Speaking of levels, on some level all of us long for a sense of belonging, sharing, and enough safety to have a modicum of authenticity.