Sentence examples for the mostly modest from inspiring English sources

As Packer notes, the mostly modest "fixes" that Ornstein and Mann recommend are reasonable and, in a few cases, novel, but they suffer from a problem of circularity: the very élites they call on to provide leadership in cleansing American politics are themselves too compromised, or simply no longer trusted by a jaded public, to play that role.

The fold changes of the DEGs were mostly modest: 91% of the DEGs caused by miR-K12-11 miR-K12-11 miR-K12-11hadge at the RNA lessl in than cells.

The houses are mostly modest beach bungalows; residents walk or bike on the footpaths and use red wagons to do errands.

The farms are mostly modest in size.

In the synagogue are mostly modest objects, like a dented lamp and architectural fragments, carefully explained.

The changes are mostly modest and don't alter our goal of publishing clear, literate prose that is largely free of jargon, journalese, slang and sloppiness.

Rather, small towns dot the area with mostly modest homes.

The differences were mostly modest for 5-year relative survival estimates, but substantial differences were seen for some of the 10-year relative survival estimates (point estimates up to 6.7% units lower, standard errors up to 1.1% units or, in relative terms, 40% higher with the traditional method compared to the alternative method).

While he frequently promised to tear up NAFTA, recent reports suggest that the White House will make "mostly modest changes" to the trade agreement.

On the whole, the observed effects, although mostly modest in absolute terms, appear quite statistically robust.

In earlier days, the offerings, which were mostly modest, would have been greeted with commensurately modest prices.