The phrase "are modest when compared" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when making a comparison to indicate that something is relatively small or limited in size, amount, or significance in relation to something else.
Example: "The profits from this quarter are modest when compared to last year's record earnings."
Alternatives: "are small in comparison" or "are limited when contrasted".
Mr Katsav's achievements are modest when compared with those of Mr Peres, a statesman who played a major role in the creation of Israel's military power, including its nuclear deterrent.
CONCLUSIONS: The benefits of early ICD implantation are modest when compared with delayed implantation at 6 months/1 year.
In cities, like Los Angeles, there are many Latino subgroups whose numbers are modest when compared to Mexican-Americans.
But gargantuan pools and elaborate water features aside, the resort is modest when compared to some of its sprawling neighbours, with 123 luxury rooms and two residences.
Although the programme's 3.4m viewers were impressive by boxing standards, its audience was modest when compared with the other leading networks: five other shows fared better in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot that evening.
A direct involvement of endocannabinoids in the stimulation of food intake was suggested by a recent experiment showing that anandamide, via CB1 activation, was able to induce overeating in prefed rats.61 Interestingly, the degree of hyperphagia was modest when compared with the effects of Δ9-THC, but persisted for a much longer time.
The usage of Hierarchical Reactive Protocols is modest when compared with proactive or hybrid routing approaches.
The slight increase in tau over time observed in the patients with AD is modest when compared to the relatively large difference in absolute tau levels between AD patients and controls.
This is modest when compared with most of the previous observations that 6F proteins increase affinity for DNA from 20- to 6,000-fold 6,000-foldto 3F prelative[14], [15], [49].
The slight increase in tau over time observed in patients with AD is modest when compared to the relatively large difference in absolute tau levels observed between AD patients and controls, indicating that tau and Aβ42 do not primarily reflect the progression of the disease over time.
The effect was modest when compared to UNC0638, which reduced HDR to 38.9% (Fig. 5a, b).
