Sentence examples for version of the modest from inspiring English sources

It's a global economy version of the Modest Proposal: the money-spinning potential is "almost unimaginable, vastly more than from computers or biotechnology," as Michel says.

For the moment, at least, no one seems interested in taking up Mr. Silver's sensible offer to consider a new version of the modest tax that for 30 years helped pay the tab for policemen, firemen and other municipal services used by those who work in the city but live elsewhere.

We end up with eight sub scenarios: a modest and extreme life expectancy version for each scenario, and for the compression and dynamic equilibrium scenarios an additional version of the modest life expectancy scenario, where only transition probabilities are changed.

Generally well received by critics, the original French version of the song achieved modest success in comparison with the singer's next singles, while the English-language version was a commercial failure.

Nonetheless I propose a more modest version of the idea.

That sounds like a smaller, more modest version of the Van Hollen plan.

This year, Stuyvesant's Black Alumni Association started offering a more modest version of the tutoring program, benefiting about 100 students.

The bill is in fact a modest version of the 1997 Kyoto accord, which President Bill Clinton embraced but Mr. Bush rejected.

There is no known detailed plan of the Second Temple, which was constructed as a modest version of the original building.

The Bank can only really generate a more modest version of the muted and unbalanced recovery seen after the great recession of 2008-09.

Micheaux's features emulated familiar Hollywood genres, and he used a modest version of the studio star system to lure audiences to his movies.