Sentence examples for modest but high from inspiring English sources

■ There are, perhaps, no John Cole memorial awards to hand out as a fortnight of political convulsions winds down, but if I were dishing out prizes there'd be a modest but high quality one for Norman Smith, assistant political editor at the BBC – and the suffering soul forced to get up early to do three minutes of briefing for Today at 6.35am.

It is a modest but high-profile gesture that officials say they hope will help improve relations with Pakistan's Hindu-led, nuclear-armed adversary next door.

However, that range has since expanded to include a cask pump rotating beers from Glasgow brewery, Kelburn, Joker IPA on keg, and a modest but high-quality range of US/UK craft beers.

However, that has expanded to include a cask pump rotating beers from Glasgow brewery Kelburn, Joker IPA on keg, and a modest but high-quality range of US and British craft beers.

Since it opened up its beta to the public in March, it's seen modest growth, but high user engagement.

It requires a thin "receiver" coil to be installed somewhere in your phone, probably the closer to the back the better, and then a complementary coil transmits the power at a modest rate but high efficiency when you put the phone down on the charge mat.

In summary, we have shown that glucocorticoid therapy is associated with a modest relative, but high attributable, risk of NSI.

In 2009, Nakamura and co-workers disclosed amino hydroxy phosphine L87, with which the Cu-catalyzed reaction between cinnamyl phosphate 329 and dialkylzinc reagents proceeds in modest yield but high ee and regioselectivity.

A8 Weighing Prescription Plans About half the states, uncertain about prospects that Congress will approve a Medicare prescription benefit, are at least considering joining a Bush administration program that will provide federal matching money to extend drug coverage to old people whose incomes are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid.

For families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid, the CHIP program provides coverage for pregnant women who do not already have pregnancy coverage, as well as coverage for all uninsured children.

With inflation running well below two per cent and plenty of spare capacity in the economy, the notion that the United States faces the threat of hyperinflation, or even inflation that is modest but considerably higher than the current rate, isn't credible.