Sentence examples for modest figures from inspiring English sources

The company traditionally makes conservative projections, then routinely surpasses those modest figures.

She explained the modest figures by saying she had not expected to have an opponent.

But these modest figures still mark a transformation in the books' fortunes since appearing on the Booker shortlist.

Chris Gardner, director of mortgage broker Obligo, warned: "This year's apparently modest figures could be the tip of the iceberg.

The Coronation of the Virgin, with its powerful modest figures and intense feeling, is recognisably derived from Giotto and is in fact based on one of his paintings.

But even those modest figures may overstate the strength of the economies, at least as seen by those who live in them.

Jimmy Carter cuts a modest figure in person.

What is behind this rather modest figure?

That modest figure underscores two points about games.

On campus, she cut an almost exaggeratedly modest figure.

Mr. Zechory, 28, cuts a more modest figure.