Her salary of 1,200 yuan (£80) a month, from a Singaporean trading company, would normally ensure a modest but secure existence in Fujian.
His style, on "Scaling the Blues," "Over the Bars" and the second movement of Johnson's "Jazzamine Concerto," was modest, secure and insinuating, with an iron sense of time.
With a modest income secured, Holst was able to marry Isobel; the ceremony was at Fulham Register Office on 22 June 1901.
He planned to make a modest down payment to secure the lease and leave the rest of the money in the bank to earn interest.
The fund was named the Reserve Fund, and it offered services to investors who wanted to secure a modest rate of return on their cash and earnings.
Modelling the result of the 2010 general election minus Scotland's 59 Westminster seats would have seen David Cameron secure a modest but workable majority of 21.
With their meagre resources and loss of cattle and livelihoods, it can be even harder to secure a modest shelter that will keep children warm in the winter.
Several recent independent polls in the New York Senate race show Hillary Rodham Clinton has secured a modest but solid lead over Representative Rick A. Lazio.
The unions have secured a modest €700m package of welfare reforms that they are now putting to a vote of their members.
Instead of booking a room through a travel agency or a hotel Web site, and securing a modest discount, Mr. Goltsch, an engineer from Fairfield, N.J., would search the Internet for a hotel.
