The phrase "a modest sign" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sign that is not overly flashy or extravagant, often implying simplicity or subtlety.
Example: "The garden featured a modest sign indicating the types of plants that were grown there."
Alternatives: "a simple sign" or "a humble sign".
In a modest sign that the housing market is moving toward more normal conditions, the pace of home building is finally picking up from its near-death levels.
The result is that in the fall of 2002, the remains of those black residents of early New York are still at Howard, and the site is surrounded by a chain-link fence and marked only by a modest sign.
In time you'll see a modest sign with Hemingway Memorial burned into the wood.
Thomas, who signed for the league minimum of $440,000 with a modest signing bonus, could become the Giants' nickel cornerback and he is insurance at a position where both of the current starters, Conrad Hamilton and Jason Sehorn, are recovering from serious leg injuries.
Fixed investment, which is about 12% of GDP, shows a very modest sign of recovery and still stands nearly 22% below its peak level nine quarters ago.
Mr. Dover pointed to Star TV's partial ownership of a Hong Kong company, the Phoenix Satellite Television Company, as an important if modest sign of progress.
Writer was walking on upper Madison Ave, intending to stop for a flower and a brioche (a friend was expected for tea) when she saw this modest sign in the window of Lucien Goldschmidt's: "HENRI MATISSE Pasiphae--Chant de Minos.
We knew that we were when we arrived at a modest roadside sign that read, more or less (it was 46 years ago): "You are about to cross the border into Canada.
Judy Buxton, in from Utah, was en route to the Rockaways with an old college friend when they saw the marina's modest sign and popped in.
Everything is painted bright orange, with one modest sign denoting Miami's old 58-game home-field unbeaten streak.
Yet the modest sign on its third-floor window announces what could prove to be a dramatic new departure for the Jews of Britain: JW3 – the London Jewish Community Centre.
