Sentence examples for modest by one from inspiring English sources

The only consolation is that the charges central banks levy on reserves are still relatively modest: by one estimate, Denmark's negative rates, which were first imposed in 2012, have cost banks just 0.005% of their assets.Lump it or leave itIndeed, the biggest effect of negative interest rates may be on currencies.

116 IL-6 is the first cytokine to increase in an exponential fashion (up to 100-fold) in response to exercise, followed by modest increases by one- to two-fold of TNF-α and IL-1.

As befits the cowboy nation (Americans eat 25kg a year each, compared to our 18kg), meatloaf tends to involve beef, though not exclusively – the only recipe I find calling for beef alone is one from a modest little booklet by one Mrs Ida Lapp entitled Delicious Country Style Cooking with Memories of Home some friends brought me back from an Amish market.

The Examined Life Stephen Grosz Chatto & Windus, £14.99 Described as "modest and profound" by one reviewer, this highly enjoyable book presents a series of case histories, drawn from psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz's 25 years of experience listening to people talk about their lives and problems.

To be fair, the defense, which did not give up big plays but instead was beaten by modest ones by the Colts, was as much to blame for Sunday's loss as the offense was.

The 6ft 4in Texan was arrested three years ago after the police tracked him down to a modest townhouse in Fredericksburg, Virginia, owned by one of his girlfriends.

Glasnost intersects with Observatory Lane — the reflective road signs are written in English and Russian, so you won't get lost — and there you'll come across two modest buildings, one enclosed by a high fence and an unexpected redbud tree.

Mr. Alejandro is part of a small, but increasingly visible, consumer class in Cuba whose appetite for luxuries, albeit modest ones by American standards, has caught the eye of the island's entrepreneurs.

Another flash point was Mr. McCardell's compensation package, which included a $1.5 million signing bonus and a $450,000 annual salary — astronomical figures for executive compensation then but modest ones by today's standards.

Foo Fighters' fourth album, "One by One" (Roswell/RCA), comes out on Tuesday, and it finds Mr. Grohl and his bandmates meeting their own modest expectations.

The Sky at Night's audiences on BBC4, where it is also currently repeated, are more modest, with one recent edition watched by an average of 317,000 viewers.