Sentence examples for up a modicum from inspiring English sources
Such steps would require the Communist Party to do something it has rarely done: give up a modicum of control.
Though incisive, the screenplay (by Mr. Bergman) resorts to some coy strategies to drum up a modicum of suspense.
Ebersol said NBC's presence "puts up a modicum of a firewall" against the W.W.F.'s storied excesses creeping into the XFL.
So half the deputies in the UAE's Federal National Council, a consultative body that stirs up a modicum of debate but makes no executive decisions, will henceforth be elected after a fashion, whereas at present all are appointed by a committee of senior sheikhs.
He will surely find the pragma-greens angry at him for being the skunk at the garden party and will use global warming to embarrass them, which is precisely what he needs to stir up a modicum of news-making controversy in this frozen sea of tranquillity.
If Wolfsburg kick on and surprise – well, it wouldn't really be a surprise – Manchester United at Old Trafford in a fortnight then you would certainly expect PSV Eindhoven's visit in October to drum up a modicum more local enthusiasm for a team that is a dark horse to progress far.
What they give up is a modicum of directorial responsibility".
But why wouldn't Democrats put up even a modicum of a fight against this gargantuan National Defense Authorization Act?
With Breton as his first language, the onion seller invariably managed to pick up at least a modicum of Welsh and this usually made his trip to Wales quite successful - particularly in the valleys and in north Wales.
I have to deal with the threat of assault 24/7, so you guys better sack-up and sport a modicum of the bravery that women have to have every day if you want to be an ally.
Similarly, Marnell is a roly-poly toy, falling down and then getting up and then falling down again — retreating to her blackout-curtained bedroom for extended, often near-lethal benders in which she gorges on whatever pill will knock her out fastest, then straightening up enough to maintain a modicum of health and sanity.
