Sentence examples for the modest of from inspiring English sources

It took the intervention of Paul Volcker to force the Administration to support even the modest of principle of trying to prevent deposit-taking institutions from speculating with their depositors' money.

Both of these refusals were more than mere token rejections of the baubles of privilege – they were genuine reflections of the modest ambitions of an over-modest man.

However, it is still surprising in the context of the modest variation of environmental conditions among the experimental sites (low in the case of climatic conditions and modest in the case of soil).

Until the Lehman failure the recession was pretty typical of the modest downturns of the post-war period.

He was satisfied with the modest title of governor of Babylonia.

This is largely because of the modest number of bovine VH segments that participate in rearrangement and their conserved sequences.

Further, the current findings should be viewed with caution in view of the modest number of events, especially diabetes.

The modest return of academicism is a sign of our time's spent faith in progress.

This might be "a bit of an illusion", given the modest power of most American allies.

The modest Chapel of the Scrovegni is one of the best reasons to visit Padua.

When that blend of unprecedented hype meets the modest size of the community, nothing feels quite as special.