While he later played a modest, behind-the-scenes role in political life, Mr. Smith never regained the prominence of his days as a rebel against the British crown.
A modest bin behind the rear seat can handle four grocery bags set side by side, but even with the rear seat folded the capacity is less than 24 cubic feet, not much bigger than the trunk of a Ford Crown Victoria.
But, over a coffee in a modest café behind the main street of Queanbeyan, Kelly, dressed semi-casually in open shirt and jacket, says he has unfinished business – not least on climate change mitigation and the development of sound, bipartisan national security and defence policy.
They were poor Protestants, modest behind trim net curtains in Maunder Street, with pride in their religion, in being themselves.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Thansadet by Cambo Design is only an intellectual exercise, a modest pull-behind trailer that doubles as a houseboat.
The Dallas Morning News ran a photo of a Sonic drive-in with what looked like a modest mushroom cloud behind it.
For families like the Ferrells, however, who were already just a car repair or an appliance breakdown away from falling behind, even a modest step down can bring hard choices.
The advertisement was for a studio apartment in a converted garage behind a modest home.
I found it hidden behind a modest grate, guarded by a loitering builder.
But they ended up with a modest 7.4%, a point behind the Greens and a far cry from the 18% they had set themselves.
In Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs, Francesca Millican-Slater beguilingly unravels the story behind a modest postcard bought in a Totnes junk shop for 50p.
