Sentence examples for modest figure in from inspiring English sources

Jimmy Carter cuts a modest figure in person.

Despite her global prominence, Mrs. Merkel, an East German physicist turned politician, cuts a modest figure in Berlin.

Beijing was also the ninth biggest contributor to the UN budget, paying £23m, a modest figure in terms of its share of the global economy, but more substantial given that the average Chinese income is less than £600 a year.

Reports in France claim Newcastle will pay £12m for Cabella – a sum that may disappoint Mike Ashley, the club's owner, who originally had a much more modest figure in mind.

But in a real surprise Trinity managed to put another musical face on its remembrance, that of Maurice Duruflé: by comparison, a much more modest figure in the classical music world.

The Oxford Mail may have exceeded its expectations in attracting 1,200 users to its Whatsapp news service in six months but this is still a modest figure in the world of social media, where the Mail's own Twitter feed has nearly 25,000 followers.

After Henry's death, Duke of Beaufort was granted the property; after the disgrace of the Duke of Beaufort a few years later, the castle changed hands again, with the subsequent owners being more modest figures in English public life than had been the case in previous years.

The modest figure factored in the Rams being as proactive as they were in the offseason and adding Ndamukong Suh, Aqib Talib, Marcus Peters and Brandin Cooks.

If it sounds like a modest figure, keep in mind that according to SEI's 2000 annual report, West and his family still hold a 23% interest in the company, valued at about $1 billion.

Increases appear very modest (Figure 2A), in part because the algorithm which was used for these calculations places upper (and lower) limits on the numerical estimates.

He is a middle-aged French ingénieur des ponts et chaussées, Gilles Péqueux, a rumpled and modest figure who has lived in Mostar on and off since 1995.