Sentence examples for modest estimate from inspiring English sources

That may be a modest estimate.

Did Bonhams's modest estimate, £2,000 to £3,000, reflect an expert's hesitation on that score?

Capgemini and Merrill Lynch come up with a more modest estimate of about $43 trillion.

And a piece of recent research, which shows that the cost of cutting pollution often turns out to be less than forecast, supports a modest estimate.

Nair had never been on a movie set, never made a feature film, never developed a budget, and had no access to real funding, though, by even a modest estimate, she would need almost a million dollars.

This survey was a more modest estimate compared with an October poll that found "nearly two-thirds of voters (65%) support a proposal to legalise, regulate and tax marijuana in California for adults".

Even more modest estimates forecast steady double-digit growth.

Even according to the UN's modest estimates, more than 2 million people are "internally displaced" – a euphemism for homeless.

If so that's above the more modest estimates of 600,000-800,000 that were expected, and a creditable follow-up to the record 1.8m crowd of 2009.

Not all schools submitted numbers that strain credibility, and some have put forth more modest estimates after years of sky-high claims.

No one knows exactly how much gas is down there, but modest estimates suggest it's at least 100 trillion cubic feet.