The phrase "a modest margin and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a small difference or advantage in various contexts, such as finance, competition, or performance.
Example: "The company reported a modest margin and expects to improve its profitability in the coming quarters."
Alternatives: "a slight margin and" or "a small margin and".
Mr. Gore, however, carried the town by a modest margin, and four years ago Westfield went for Bill Clinton, the first time in memory that the Democratic presidential candidate captured the majority of votes here.
He has also raised the state's minimum wage.Probably the best Mr Kashkari can hope for this year is to lose by a modest margin and, in so doing, revive the ailing Republican brand.
"Obama will win electoral and popular vote with a modest margin," Candace said.
Addition of GGT to the SSIGN score and the UISS revealed statistical significance and increased its discrimination by a modest margin.
The advisory panel voted with only one dissent to impose a ban for children under 2. It also voted, by a modest margin, for a ban for children ages 2 to 5. Some experts and consumer advocates believe the ban should go up to 12, but the panel decided to allow continued marketing for children 6 and older.
That was a modest margin over the nearly 37percentt of the votes that the European Union controls.
Clinton won the Colorado popular vote by a modest margin, but Trump took nearly twice as many counties.
Five years ago we divided narrowly in favour of a complete withdrawal from the EU; today, by a modest margin, we prefer to remain a member: Our latest figures are consistent with YouGov's tracker series on how people would vote in a referendum on whether to leave the EU.
Schaeffers put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) for PEP currently stands at 1.12, with short-term puts outweighing short-term calls by a modest margin.
In the late 1990s, when Cincinnati Bell got into the lucrative long-distance market, Cassidy set the price of a call at 10 cents a minute, roughly half the going rate but still enough to preserve a modest margin for Cincinnati Bell.
When Wabash was just a year old, Schneider made Ehrlich an offer: His trucking company, Schneider National (see box below), would buy all its trailers from Wabash in return for two concessions — Wabash would give Schneider's orders priority, and would price its product on a cost-plus basis with a modest margin.
