Sentence examples for modest but positive from inspiring English sources

The Mets finished third in the N.L. East, a modest but positive achievement.

Not exactly; as the chart below suggests, there is a modest but positive correlation between the share of the funds that went to the establishment candidate and that candidate's margin of victory or defeat.

Most jarringly, as The Times noted Wednesday, the net percentage of business owners who expected business to improve over the next six months — that is, the share of respondents who predicted improvement less the share who anticipated decline — fell to negative 35 percent, down 37 points from October's very modest, but positive, reading.

"On paper, it looks like modest but positive reductions are possible to bring down the cost of a hypothetical Chevrolet Volt battery lease as much as 20 percent through the residual value in their used packs," said Brett Williams, a senior researcher in electric drive energy at the University of California, Berkeley, in a telephone interview.

The effect of size on diameter growth rate was modest but positive.

In fact, a growth chamber study revealed a modest but positive effect of E-[CO2] (Ward [2007]).

One study evaluated a mental health festival, which brought tougher multiple arts-based interventions, and found modest positive impacts (Quinn et al. 2011).

Only modest but still positive output growth is estimated for Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Republic of Korea, while on the positive side relatively strong output growth is estimated for Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

The results of her visit look modest, but nevertheless positive.

By comparing all animals with data on learning ability (learning categories 0 5) and subsequent survival time in hyperoxia (between 4 100 h, N = 390), we found a modest but significant positive correlation between individual associative learning performance and longevity (Pearson's correlation; R = 0.11, P = 0.036, N = 390).

There is modest but still positive evidence for the benefits of continuity of dental care [ 3, 15].