The phrase "a modest scale in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the size or extent of something, often in a context where the scale is not large or is intentionally limited.
Example: "The project was implemented on a modest scale in order to test its feasibility before a larger rollout."
Alternatives: "a small scale in" or "a limited scale in".
It is used on a modest scale in India, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Peru.
The program started on a modest scale in 1988 and has continued through 10 governments of various political stripes.
In the British Isles and northern Europe, where rainfall is ample and well distributed throughout the year, dam construction before the Industrial Revolution proceeded on only a modest scale in terms of height.
We sense this in the cavernously grand railway terminals of once-thriving cities, in the government buildings of once-great empires, and, on a modest scale, in the newly renovated Federal Hall National Memorial, which this week became home to the new Federal Hall Visitor Center.
It had begun on a modest scale in or about 1792, as a cottage industry, using graphite mined locally.
The Zürcher show, a sampling of fairly recent art, gives a good sense of her formal range, which is wide and dramatic, surprisingly so considering that she works on a modest scale and in a palette of white, black and gray.
Mr. Latz explored these ideas on a more modest scale in 1985, when he won a design competition for Harbor Park, a bombed-out ruin of a coal dock on the banks of the Saar River.
In Le?a city of modest scale in the volcanic lowlands of northwest Nicaragua, within sight of one of the largest cathedrals in Central America, La Catedral de Le you'll find its zona rosa, or entertainment zone.
This preliminary investigation is of a modest scale and was set in a particularly challenging geographical area for health service provision.
In terms of study limitations although this was a modest scale qualitative study carried out in three cities we reached saturation and believe that we interviewed a sufficient number of staff, and that our sample was representative of the wider population.
The show starts enchantingly, in intimate ground-floor galleries free to viewers, although they must pay twenty-two dollars for general admission with exhibits from the Whitney Studio Club, which Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney started in Greenwich Village in 1914, on a modest scale, and expanded over the years.
