"And what did you think of our modest attempt?"
Second, it is making a modest attempt to restore the greenery to denuded areas.
Finally, the government foundered over a modest attempt to loosen labor regulations.
A very modest attempt to get kids into primary school means you are going to have to get teachers.
I left the car to walk over it in a modest but specious attempt to gain pilgrimage authenticity.
Others soon followed, some making modest attempts to farm the broken and often mountainous terrain.
The amendment at issue Saturday actually represented a relatively modest attempt to resolve the matter.
It's a very modest attempt to do what almost all progressive libraries are doing around the country already.
A more modest attempt to control the ant with pesticide applications on the ground also failed.
Maybe the E.C.'s modest attempt is inadequate at this late point.