Sentence examples for modicum of support from inspiring English sources
A modicum of support came from the Kremlin, which in recent months has publicly clashed with Mr. Lukashenko.
They survive, they said, on modest fees from parents, about $15 a month, and a modicum of support from the Indonesian government.
California seeks to justify its election laws by pointing to the same substantial interests we identified in Jenness, of insuring that candidates possess a modicum of support, and that voters are not confused by the length of the ballot.
But he still faces the task of holding the political center, with a modicum of support from Republicans, behind his aim of greatly expanding health care coverage — while keeping liberals in the fold for his promise of containing entitlement spending.
Mubarak enjoys a bare modicum of support in the United States, and if Washington is to ignore its democratic principles in order to support a Gamal shoe-in, it will be because Israel says that this American "blind eye" is essential for its security.
The rules say that a winning presidential candidate must get at least a quarter of votes cast in at least five of Kenya's eight provinces, to prove that he (no chance yet of a she) has a modicum of support across the land.
Technically speaking, eBay is in a downtrend line with major resistance at the $50 area and a modicum amount of support in the $28 area.
Mr. bin al-Shibh's case shows the importance of even a modicum of local support.
Where a modicum of community support exists, the Parks Department has responded admirably, despite its limited resources.
He appointed new envoys for the task at the State and Defense Departments, and won a modicum of congressional support in a defense authorization bill he signed last week that removed a restriction on transfers from Guantánamo to overseas destinations.
For an industry desperate to regain a modicum of public support and political credibility, agreeing to pay taxes specifically earmarked to fund an environmental corps would likely be seen as a small price to pay for increased respectability.
