The phrase "a modest example" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing an example that is not overly elaborate or grand, but still serves to illustrate a point.
Example: "To illustrate my argument, let me provide a modest example from my own experience."
Alternatives: "a simple example" or "a humble example".
So, up to a point, this is a modest example of a much wider disruption.
Weir tried his hand at a Chinese brush painting, and a modest example from 1893 is included in the show.
To illustrate what that world might be like, Robert Poor, the co-founder of two wireless companies, Adozu and Ember, uses a modest example: light fixtures in buildings.
If the truest fabric of March is its tears, its recurring finality as team after team completes months of collaboration and locker room after locker room goes hushed, Louisville provided a modest example.
A modest example: an ex-mayor, Gaby Candia, has been accused of buying land for La Paz at an overpriced $1.6m, some of which ended in her own pocket.
And that's just a modest example.
The Good/Box product, called GoodBox Bash, is a relatively modest example of the trend, when considering what this change to dynamic data means for the tech industry, and possibly society.
A relative modest example occurs in the Indian Ocean blue boxfish, Strophiurichthys robustus, where both male and female juveniles have a diamond-shaped body and a body pattern dominated by spots.
I have a favorite, much more modest example that I feature in my new book (People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities).
(Rejlander died in 1875 at age 61). A few modest examples are on view, together with 150 photographic portraits, landscapes and allegorical subjects.
To take a small example, the modest town of Charlottesville in Virginia has 13 water authorities.Not surprisingly, investment in water has been patchy and neglected.
