Sentence examples for more modest set from inspiring English sources

But an assault against this strategy led by the telephone and cable giants convinced the F.C.C. chairman to drop the reclassification and propose a more modest set of rules.

A president who spent the spring demagoguing House Republicans for their willingness to restructure Medicare is citing a much more modest set of cuts as evidence of his fiscal seriousness?

Nick Clegg is being urged by fellow Liberal Democrats to make a dignified exit from the coalition stand-off over elected peers and embrace a more modest set of reforms to the House of Lords.

Perhaps it's too much to hope for the beginning of the end of conglomeration in the book world or for a return to a more modest set of expectations.

A burgeoning financial crisis will prevent the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from delivering on most of a series of promised service expansions — but a more modest set of changes aimed at easing subway crowding is still in the works, officials said on Wednesday.

(Admittedly, the lack of protein observations in some organisms, for example Y. pestis, could also result from the more modest set of experimental results as compared to the other organisms).

The pastor, the Rev. Dr. Robert L. Brashear, said he simply wanted to see his congregation endure, even if that means worshiping in a new, more modest setting.

Tory, her ambitions more modest, sets up an office in a public toilet for ladies, where, once her daily cleaning duties are finished, she can read and write to her heart's content.

And a $60 million musical, with whiz bang sets, is not necessarily better than a $10 million musical with more modest sets and costumes.

But last week it was shown in a much more modest setting: the central square of Manchay, a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima.

Handouts for the third series, which hits screens on September 24th, are more modest: Tennessee set aside $5.5m for all film projects this year.Even if the "Nashville" craze fades away (just like every storm runs out of rain), the city will still have a lot going for it.