Sentence examples for rather a modest from inspiring English sources

Win a seat like this and Nick Clegg's aim of doubling the number of Lib Dem MPs over two elections will start to look rather a modest ambition.

It's not meant to be a grand new doctrine or policy, they insist, rather a modest "strategy" for protecting the defenceless.It is not only about military intervention, they add, but also prevention: spotting situations that could result in mass atrocities.

Yvo de Boer's prescription sounds rather a modest goal to me, but is perhaps a sign of how far ambition has fallen since the feverish days ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit in December 2009.

My aim during the course of a lunchtime interview was just to make the viewer's fork pause on its way to their lips.' It sounds rather a modest aim.

The rapid and early gain in speed was not followed by a decrease as was the case for accuracy, but rather a modest but significant increase from 22.5 sequences on average on trial 4 to 24.5 sequences on trial 12, the last trial prior to sleep a gain of ∼10% (F 1,43) = 19.11, P<0.0001).

Both Min/+ groups failed to gain weight, rather a modest decrease in body weight was noted over the study period (-0.9 ± 1.4 g and -0.1 ± 1.1 g, respectively).

The play is wise not to impose itself too seriously as a drama of triumph over addiction, but rather paints a modest and endearing portrait of friendship and human weakness.

Oregon hoped to get unanimous state backing for the 2021 event – the crown jewels of athletics, typically awarded to world capitals such as Moscow or Beijing rather than a modest city synonymous with Nike – but have failed.

Trying to explain the root causes behind an 80percentt unemployment rate for Kenyans between the ages of 15 to 34 years old might take me several chapters rather than a modest blog post!

We made it to New Jersey that night, and it took Angus a number of days to get used to an unfamiliar house rather than a modest-sized apartment.

Frustration nearly boiled over in the 82nd minute when Maxi Pereira shot high and wide from outside the box rather than pushing a modest pass to the onrushing Forlán.