Sentence examples for system modest from inspiring English sources

Now come the reinforcements: a vow to recapitalise the banking system; modest selling of foreign reserves; and some fancy footwork on the accounting front to allow lenders to hide a few losses.

In January 2013, Samsung cancelled the American release of its Windows RT tablet, the Ativ Tab, citing the unclear positioning of the operating system, "modest" demand for Windows RT devices, plus the effort and investment required to educate consumers on the differences between Windows 8 and RT as reasons for the move.

In the context of a biological system, modest changes in the levels of a large number of proteins involved in a particular pathway or biological process may be more meaningful than large changes in a small number of proteins.

Voters will face a tough choice: a troubled school system and modest means to deal with it.

Should the Congressional legislation mandate a cap-and-trade system, that modest price could be very important.

In this study, an interchangeable system with modest cost and limited technical requirements was developed, constructed and tested.

… The president will also push for Congress to pass a bill … to improve reporting to the national background check system — a modest step backed by the N.R.A.

The scores portray an education system where modest improvements at the lower grades haven't caught up to the upper grades.

The players adamantly oppose a hard cap, preferring to keep the current soft-cap system, with modest changes to save the owners money.

But Rosy, a woman who has worked for 13 years at a stamp-selling booth in one of its four postal branches, said the system's modest size helped, but she said its methods helped get the job done, too.

The president will also push for Congress to pass a bill, sponsored by Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, and Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, to improve reporting to the national background check system — a modest step backed by the N.R.A.