Sentence examples for modicum of security from inspiring English sources

The absence of enough foreign troops to provide more than a modicum of security in its stead is another: before 8,000 NATO troops took charge of securing the four southern provinces on July 31st, America had one infantry battalion there.

Monopoly provided at least a modicum of security.

The Benghazi attacks also crystallised another lesson for US officials: helping Libya achieve a modicum of security was paramount.

The Northern Alliance provided a modicum of security when nobody else was in a position to do it.

"If this leads to a modicum of security for Israel, it will be defined as Arafat being contained".

WHILE George Bush argues for giving his troops more time to bring a modicum of security to Iraq, the bombs seem to get more lethal.

Do we believe the rich should be trusted to tithe, or should we have a society with a basic taxing-and-spending structure that ensures a modicum of economic security for all people?" In a more equitable society, the very well off might indeed have less cash to give.

If either the Afghan Taliban or the rough coalition of groups known as the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) are definitively defeated, significantly degraded or conclude an agreement to lay down their weapons, al-Qaida could find itself without the haven that has given a modicum of precarious security over the last decade.

Amazon uses front companies to file applications for their new products, thereby ensuring some modicum of IP security.

The family's solicitor, Jocelyn Cockburn, said: "It was important for the family to achieve justice after going through a horrendous few years following the deaths of Fiona Pilkington and Francecca and it has given them a modicum of financial security going forward.

This allowed me to attain a modicum of financial security and to provide opportunities for my son.