Sentence examples for a modest block of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a modest block of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity or size of something that is considered moderate or not excessive.
Example: "The artist created a modest block of marble to work with for his sculpture."
Alternatives: "a small piece of" or "a reasonable amount of".

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The figure is on a base the size of a modest block of cheese.

The Haute Chocolat Stir is a modest block of Belgian chocolate topped with brown sugar and spices and impaled on a cinnamon stick; it is swirled into a pot of warm milk to make a rich, spiced hot chocolate.

Housing departments and housing associations could also be proactive, bringing a group of would be self-builders together to construct a terrace of homes or a modest block of flats.

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At his modest restaurant Stove, on an equally modest block of Astoria, Queens, Mr. Cass makes a hash that many consider the best in New York, a title that he wears lightly.

His office sits on a corner of a modest tower block, part of Geneva University.

In the Shu'Fat neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, Palestinian Iyad Al-Shaer stood inside the gutted interior of a modest breeze block structure.

In the Shu'Fat neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Palestinian Iyad Al-Shaer stood inside the gutted interior of a modest breeze block structure.

Hence the promise of encryption is, at best, a modest road block and, at worst, a chimera.

The pixel is a modest building block in digital imaging.

After a 40-minute drive up a mountainous road, she arrived at the man's home, a modest house of concrete blocks under a roof of corrugated zinc, in a small town called Nueva Era.

All that remains is the Candlelight Lounge: a modest cinder-block structure.

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