Sentence examples for on a modicum from inspiring English sources
Kim protested that he could indeed play sloppy, and tried again, laying on a modicum of schmalz.
The unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness depend on a modicum of a mutually assured healthy lifestyle.
As for Berkshire's compliance programs, which are not nearly as tough as those at most investment firms, Mr. Buffett clearly believes that he must run his company based on a modicum of trust.
Each component — a small lobster, shrimp and an assortment of shellfish, including clams and mussels — was added every few minutes, according to how long it needed to cook; set on a modicum of chorizo-flavored rice, the entire dish was enriched by a perky vegetable sauce (sofrito) laved atop.
I decided that the best way to forfeit that control while still holding on to a modicum of it for safekeeping would be to hire someone for the job.
Some lawyers might even argue that now represents the ideal time for a new fantasy sports company to enter the New York market, presuming that company is willing to take on more than a modicum of risk.
AFTER five weeks of almost relentless death and destruction, the ceasefire signed on August 26th offers a modicum of relief to Gaza's 1.8m Palestinians.
Your concern is not just the investors in the hedge funds but the hedge fund's impact on the market". To impose a modicum of order on the industry, the S.E.C. has required that most hedge fund management firms register as investment advisers by February 2006, a move that an industry trade group has protested.
In every case, gamers are treated, if not as full-on adults, at least with a modicum of respect: you can handle this trip to the strip club or this suicide mission to stop the Collectors or this airport massacre, they're told.
Only spared bottom place on account of being a modicum less shambolic than Russia.
Meanwhile, two large paintings, made mostly with oil on stretched linen and a modicum of collage, show Mr. Hundley at his most traditional and least convincing.
