Sentence examples for this modest measured from inspiring English sources

In truth, all his answers are like this: modest, measured, a bit boring.

However, even this modest measure suffers from a fatal political flaw, namely it's being labeled as -- shudder -- a "tax".

But Bennett was less optimistic even about this modest measure, worrying a bump stock ban could wind up being attached to a piece of pro-gun legislation, like a bill that would create a national concealed-carry permit or make it easier to buy silencers.

This report shows that even the modest measures the previous government introduced to save energy and water and reduce waste have cut the state's annual bills by £60m to £70m.

However, the modest measures for "just about managing" families, known as "Jams", are expected to be accompanied by sharply weaker forecasts for GDP growth and the public finances.

The answer, I think, is yes -- but only if those modest measures on the trade front are combined with much bigger changes in domestic policy.

But in the context of a continent-wide austerity, imposed by Germany, these modest measures could well consign the French economy to several more years of stagnation.

How would a fiscal stimulus bigger than the modest measures announced so far change anything?

It is a testimony to Republican extremism that they virulently oppose even these modest measures.

I had to battle, day and night, to get even this modest recall measure agreed in the Queen's speech against Conservative party resistance.

This motion is quite a modest measure (it doesn't come close to proposing the sort of full initiative and referendum system that they have in places such as Switzerland and California), yet it appears to be causing people consternation.