Sentence examples for was that modest from inspiring English sources

The consensus was that modest thermonuclear research should be pursued along theoretical lines.

It was that modest and multipurpose role that won the support of the Greenwich Village community board on Thursday night for what would be New York's first prominent, free-standing AIDS memorial.

I guess it's that modest attitude that keeps them hungry and grounded.

And one byproduct of this human complexity seems to be that modest increases in wages for the least-paid don't necessarily reduce the number of jobs.

The good news is that modest rush-hour tolls can cause significant declines in traffic, mostly by pushing traffic to other parts of the day.

The good news is that modest financial support and access to mentors can change lives in significant ways.

A second explanation, consistent with the data presented here, is that modest electrophysiological responses of Or42a to these odors is altering gain control, thereby altering behavioral responses.

A second major conclusion is that modest electrophysiological odor receptor responses may be important as well, and may influence behavior via lateral inhibition.

The problem was that few achieved even this modest level.

However, the sampling variability was such that modest increases in risk could not be excluded.

But what seems clear is that its modest ambitions give it a better chance than the previous two failures.