The phrase "a very modest increased" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "a very modest increase"? You can use the corrected phrase when describing a small or slight rise in something, such as numbers, prices, or performance.
Example: "The report indicated a very modest increase in sales over the last quarter."
Alternatives: "a slight increase" or "a small rise".
He studied pheromones years ago and found they led to a very modest increase in the secretion of pituitary hormones.
The costs of better wages and health plans were passed on to consumers as a very modest increases in prices.
Depending on the initial level of the unemployment rate, this approach could lead to only a very modest increase in the unemployment rate - or even a decline.
However, there was a very modest increase of 0.1 percentage point on 2014's A*-E A*-E rate, taking it upass 98.1%.
The one tentative link was a very modest increase in risk from exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chemicals that are in grilled food and in cigarette smoke.
A Forbes competitor, Fortune, plans "a very modest increase" in ad-page rates, in the low single digits, said Mike Federle, publisher in New York, "the most modest we've taken in my six years here".
Overall the results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland showed a very modest increase in the proportion of pupils getting at least grade C, up 0.7 percentage points to 68.8%.
I suggest a very modest increase in the tobacco tax that would give the Government the money it needs for, say, more drug abuse programs, while keeping the number of smokers at the current level.
Through a maze of complex study designs, there is inconclusive evidence of a very modest increase in cancer risk in treated GH-deficiency patients in scenarios 2 and 3, but it is likely that the cumulative risk equates to that of the general population.
By placing a low ceiling on election spending, introducing a largely elected House of Lords and tying a very modest increase in state funding for parties to their ability to recruit new members, the old cash-for-honours problem could finally be put to rest.
