Sentence examples for more modest backgrounds from inspiring English sources

The men behind Jaguar came from far more modest backgrounds than the aristocratic enthusiasts who created Rolls-Royce or Bentley.

Further evidence of the struggles that those from more modest backgrounds face comes from Dame Judi Dench, who has told the Observer that she receives countless begging letters from aspiring young actors asking her to help fund their training.

While two of the fund-raisers were exclusive gatherings held at the private residences of wealthy supporters — with tickets as high as $35,800 per couple — many of the estimated 500 supporters gathered at the concert had far more modest backgrounds.

Murray, a Scotsman from a more modest background, remains rougher around the edges even with his stylish English girlfriend, Kim Sears, and his increasingly well-burnished image.

Coming from a more modest background, Mr. Tournaire was severely asthmatic as a child, a condition that resulted in long periods confined to his home, playing alone with stray bits of metal and wood.

Republican opponents in Washington have promised a court fight against even the more modest background check proposals that remain in the White House plan, but it is not hard to imagine the real battles that might have resulted from the firearms seizures and mass arrests proposed by Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City.

The stories of later arrivals, after the mid-1990s, were very different from the early arrivals, as they were characterized by people who were of more modest background.

She had the sophistication required for the character but also the depth that comes from a more modest social background.

The lucky young person who 'wins' this opportunity will have a huge advantage in the job market over those who may be more talented, but who come from more a modest background.

That is a problem for a coalition government committed to fairness, and the government is making it a problem for the universities.For the past six years the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has prodded universities to admit more students from modest backgrounds and from state schools.

After all, the shibboleth of gun confiscation that the N.R.A. uses to such great effect in stoking the fears of its members is a shibboleth precisely because most gun-control advocates don't seek it, instead favoring far more modest regulations, like increased background checks and better data collection.