The phrase "a modest slice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or moderate portion of something, often in a context where size or amount is being discussed.
Example: "After the meal, I only had a modest slice of cake, just enough to satisfy my sweet tooth."
Alternatives: "a small portion" or "a reasonable amount."
The sensible first film to make as a director might have been a modest slice of downbeat social realism.
Though it's a windfall for the neglected province, it's only a modest slice of the payoff to PNG for processing and resettling asylum seekers, a source of grievance in Manus.
As the numerous mass shootings of recent years have shown, radical Islam is only a modest slice of a much larger story of youth violence.
At a preview event in London, I get my hands on a modest slice of episode one's campaign, which is split between two playable protagonists, both series veterans: Claire Redfield, around since 1998's Resident Evil 2, and Barry Burton, who appeared in 1996's original game.
At a preview event in London, I got my hands on a modest slice of episode one's campaign, which is split between two playable protagonists, both series veterans: Claire Redfield, around since 1998's Resident Evil 2, and Barry Burton, who appeared in 1996's original game.
Mr. Scott wrote in The Times in August that the film, "at first glance a modest, ragged slice of contemporary life, turns out to be a remarkably subtle, even elegant movie".
"A very modest slice of privacy was put forward," for the groups to tackle, said Susan Grant, the director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America, a research and advocacy organization representing about 300 consumer groups.
FROM the modest slice of the television pie that I found time to watch this past year here are 10 of my favorite shows, in alphabetical order.
Majora Carter, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, demonstrated just how much a park would mean to her neighborhood; she wept openly yesterday as she described finding the modest slice of riverfront while walking her dog one day, and the journey it had made from dump to park.
I think it was their first home, a modest two slicer from a low-end appliance brand.
The first hint that "American Sexy" is not the modest slice-of-life drama that it appears is its title.
