Sentences with word «modicum»

Not because we are awful parents intent on stripping our children of whatever modicum of confidence they possess, but because we actually are frightened that our children will be cutting off their «options» when they stumble.

He's stubborn in his desire to make it on his own, even though the only modicum of success he's ever had is with someone else.

This process usually destroys whatever modicum of good feeling the divorcing couple might have been able to salvage from the wreckage of their marriage - a tragically counterproductive outcome, especially for couples with young children.

You can provide a small modicum of healing by allowing her to decide when and if she will tell you anything.

It's not about trends or being hip — it's about knowing you have, at least, the basic modicum of computer fluency required to get through a single day of work.

For a master of all art and media, helming The Daily Show would require the merest modicum of his deep well of talent.

As I salute the Council of Elders for stamping its constitutional authority and calling for calm, I must also salute the «warring factions» for dropping their pens and sheathing their swords, and allowing a fair modicum of open peace to prevail within the NDC.

And Langwig's team found the barest modicum of good news about this as well.

I can see the potential and want to like it but I hate the fact that after I die I reappear but with only a tiny modicum of health, and the idea of killing enough enemies to regain that health without getting killed first, especially if you have several health tanks, is unbearable.

We expect a certain modicum of civility in our Internet City, and trolls fall below our agreed - upon standard of behavior.

If you are a decent person who gives people a vague modicum of respect, you won't be.

And she encounters malevolent entities (a pyramid - headed executioner, harpy - like nurses, a creature cobbled from mannequin limbs) that manifest a mild modicum of invention.

Certainly not for even the slightest modicum of character development or dimension, as a talented cast led by Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem is criminally underserved by a script that treats their characters as props rather than actual people with inner lives who the audience are supposed to care for.

This short story is also in the book Modicum by Scott Semegran.

This game appears somewhat akin to Castlevania and its contemporaries at first glance but turns out to put fighting over jumping as the chief modicum of action.

You have to join hubpages but the only cost is a not - too - annoying modicum of promo email.)

Figure out what modicum is best — text, email or calls.

He wants to be able to have a small modicum of FI on 25K a year which would take a 625K portfolio.

The CT travels on low rolling resistance tires, but they afford a fair modicum of grip for brisk driving, and steering and handling response is fairly satisfying.

2011's The Thing begins with its biggest thrill, as a Norwegian expedition finds a wrecked spaceship and a frozen alien in the Antarctic; when they call in a group of Americans to assist, the film moves into a curiously laggy conversational mode where protagonist - paleontologist Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World's Ramona Flowers) receives and delivers the barest modicum of exposition with much gravity and a lot of meaningful pauses that turn out not to be meaningful at all.

Whatever modicum of exploration sidestepped by choosing Nuclear Throne in the first act will be more than made up for with Renowned Explorers.

They would benefit so much more by offering a cheap package — something competitive with Lightning Source or Createspace — and actually treating authors with at least * some * modicum of respect.

At the very least, give them high - walled cubicles that provide a modicum of privacy.»

The key here is to identify obstacles that can not be overcome and, once you've done so, move along to the next name, all the wiser, with only a modicum of fuss.

His right hand held the pistol grip of the sniper rifle, which he'd wedged between his chest and his left arm so that he could continue to shoot at the enemy and give himself a modicum of cover.

Not simply the rapid scaling to date — which has made it impossible for the system to keep up with the volume of users and transactions or offer even a modicum of support.

«What has changed is that while there used to be a modicum of congressional bargaining across major policy developments, the party in power now tries to pass legislation on straight party - line votes,» says Mr. Jillson.

Amazingly, this sort of thing could actually provoke the inverse result of what all the companies are aiming for: it's a great way to get people to stop using Facebook and Twitter, or at least to unfriend or unfollow people who can't practice a modicum of consideration for the broader public.

You can get a modicum of activity tracking without sacrificing too much style, however, by picking up a smart analog watch.

Even the act of figuring out what time it is requires a modicum of extra thought.

And maybe you don't know how to keep a modicum of balance in your life.

It represents that the company has really achieved a stabilized financial condition, consistent profitability and even a modicum of visibility as well.

Sometimes I wonder that, if we could all share even just a modicum more vulnerability and transparency about our backgrounds, our insecurities, and our truths, how many of us would sigh in relief knowing that we're not the only one who sees ourselves a certain way?

An incubator allows entrepreneurs to get their ideas out of their mind and out of the classroom, while still retaining a modicum of structure and discipline.

ICOs can, though, provide token purchasers with a modicum of reassurance in the form of the software code that creates and runs the tokens.

While you're running around shopping, cooking and decorating, make sure to schedule a modicum of relaxation time.

But Raynor says the three rules still apply to younger, smaller companies, if with a modicum of compassion in the application.

As CtW commented this time around, «While Ms. Friedman herself brings a modicum of gender diversity to the board, her failure to address the board's broader composition over her 21 year tenure suggests that the board will be better served by replacing her with a fresh and diverse nominee.»

And that's a great thing to see — that some modicum of competition, however much banks may hate it, is returning to cash, after nine years of centrally organized schemes to stifle it.

Having been involved as a consultant to numerous startups over the past decade, I have seen some fail, some achieve a modicum of success, and some make it big.

If there was even a modicum of frankness in Harper's discussion with that family on the first day of the campaign, it would have been a very short conversation indeed.

In the other direction, the U.S. Government receives a modicum of taxes from real estate (mainly at the local level for property taxes), not much income tax but some capital gains tax in good years.

Printing presses are obviously obsolete: while some newspapers have finally closed them down, others hold on because there is still a modicum of print advertising to be earned.

It can thus ensure that the next dominant species will remember us with a modicum of respect: as dignified and caring, if not intelligent, beings.

Although all the unions in Canada put together would not match the financial size of any one of the country's 150 largest corporations, the Rand formula does provide unions with stable funding to exercise a modicum of political and economic clout in their encounters with companies and governments.

With more than a modicum of regret, we have to say it's a shame that Canada's biggest corporations don't appear to share Mr. Trudeau's belief, or follow his example, when it comes to offering leadership roles to more women.