The phrase "a modest version" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a simpler or less extravagant form of something, often in comparison to a more elaborate version.
Example: "The artist presented a modest version of the original sculpture, focusing on the essential elements without the intricate details."
Alternatives: "a simplified version" or "a restrained version".
Mr. Bush has proposed a modest version of those rules that would limit new spending but not tax cuts.
The city offers a modest version of this plan involving city taxes for businesses opening in some neighborhoods outside Manhattan.
Micheaux's features emulated familiar Hollywood genres, and he used a modest version of the studio star system to lure audiences to his movies.
There is no known detailed plan of the Second Temple, which was constructed as a modest version of the original building.
For a moment at least I could feel like a modest version of Poggio Bracciolini, the book hunter who returned Lucretius to circulation in 1417".
At a minimum, a modest version of the subordinated-debt idea should be grafted on to the existing plan as an experiment.
Think of it as a more modest version of a planes, trains and automobiles race from New York to Washington.
The first site, for the food and packaged goods industry, will be a relatively modest version of an Internet marketplace, in that it will not support transactions.
Spain, which has a more modest version of the scheme, saw a decline of 43.1% and Britain, which has yet to adopt a scrappage scheme despite months of industry pressure, one of almost 30%.
Under a 'cosmopolitan' approach to foreign policy for health – or a right to health approach, which represents a rather modest version of cosmopolitanism [ 14] – both AIDS treatment and emergency obstetric care would be recommended, because they save human lives, and wealthier countries ought to assist countries unable to provide these interventions.
He was further disheartened in 2015 when the state Senate failed to advance a bill that would have made it a crime to leave unsecured guns around children, a more modest version of the storage measure he is advocating.
