Sentence examples for there were modest from inspiring English sources

When Herath finally took his 300th after holding a gentle return catch from Finn there were modest celebrations.

In contrast there were modest but significant correlations between standardised Conscientiousness Index and performance on anatomy items (rho = 0.20, p = 0.006).

There were modest vacations.

There were modest associations between articulated practices and classroom quality.

There were modest family holidays to North Wales and Suffolk in her father's second-hand cars.

There were modest accounts in local papers that paved the way for documentation of a broad-based scandal.

There were modest synergies, and the London exchange would have controlled the board without paying a premium.

Uterine and pituitary weights were unchanged at this time, although there were modest increases in liver weights at the two highest dosages.

"There were times when there were modest losses or small profits, but we weren't competitive," said Michael Rowe, the Nets' president from 1995 to 2000.

Still, there were modest indications that the European plan was increasing the willingness of banks to lend to one another, a key goal.

There were modest job losses, and small price increases in consumer-facing businesses such as restaurants, particularly where local customers were rich enough to afford it.