Sentence examples for more modest agreement from inspiring English sources

In the end, he had to be satisfied with another parallel and more modest agreement on growth.

In Congress, even a more modest agreement with the Iraqis over the American military presence still faces opposition.

Mr. Cantor, Democratic officials said, presented a Republican proposal for a more modest agreement that drew heavily on earlier negotiations steered by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

This time, they are hoping to reach a much more modest agreement by the end of the year that could provide a needed economic boost to the global economy.

Elsewhere in Asia, under pressure from local activists, the United States closed two military bases in the Philippines in 1991, withdrawing nearly 15,000 personnel from the country and replacing a permanent basing arrangement with a more modest "visiting forces agreement".

A more modest yet important agreement was signed with India to explore and produce oil and natural gas in southern Iran.

A more modest increase in agreement was seen, however, with the statement "Molecular biology research (in the lab) is what I want to do in the future".

The New Start treaty, on the other hand, was never meant to be more than a relatively modest agreement.

But it highlights Mr. Sharon's approach, which is to set sights on the more modest aim of a nonbelligerency agreement or a long-term interim arrangement with the Palestinians.

At other times, the temperature fell to the more sober expectation of a modest agreement and a second meeting before Mr. Arafat's Sept. 13 deadline for declaring a Palestinian state.

Stephen Cutler then outlined the agreement in more modest language, saying it contained "significant reforms that will serve investors for years to come".