Sentence examples for increase a modest from inspiring English sources

It's a smart strategy, given the National Retail Federation's cautious prediction that back-to-school spending will increase a modest 2percentt over last year's $14.1 billion.

For the full year, Cinergy's earnings (before nonrecurring charges) are predicted to increase a modest 2% to $2.79 a share, which would make the $1.80 dividend well covered.

EST over an initial 4 week period failed to increase quadriceps size measured with ultrasound, but muscle size did increase a modest 4% (±2, p < 0.001) from week 4 to 8 (Gondin et al. 2005) and increased up to 12% after 8 9 weeks (Gondin et al. 2011; Ruther et al. 1995; Stevenson and Dudley 2001), suggesting muscle hypertrophy occurred in the late phase of the program.

Hardcover sales to adults increased a modest 2.6percenttoto $2.8 billion last year, while trade paperback sales grew a little more than 3percenttoto almost $2 billion.

In New York City, median home prices increased a modest 2.3%, but condo prices exploded at 16.4%.

An indicator of this development was electricity usage, which increased a modest 3%.

Co-immunoprecipitation experiments further showed that VEGF treatment increased a modest but significant VE-cadherin binding to β-arrestin1.

The price of potatoes (no more than a side-dish in Korean cuisine) would increase a relatively modest fourfold.

Many analysts were expecting sales to increase a more modest 2% to 3%.

After that, we expect rates to increase at a modest pace.

Military revenue increased a more modest 3percentto to $8 billion, helped by strong sales at its network and space systems unit.