"modest grade" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It refers to a grade or score that is not very high or impressive, but still satisfactory. Example: Despite her hard work, Jane received only a modest grade on her final exam.
Indeed, the heavy emphasis placed on improvement — more than half of the total grade — could produce some surprisingly modest grades for schools known as the gems of the system.
No. What's more, this hoax is low grade, easily unmasked by anyone wielding modest technical talents, or just a bit of journalistic fortitude.
Other, less frequent tumor types observed in DKO mice included low grade intestinal adenomas (5%) and malignant teratomas (7.5%), to which 129Sv mice have a modest predisposition [21].
There was a modest activation of the MAPK pathway as determined by levels of phosphorylated Erk 1/2 in the paediatric high grade lines SF188 and UW479 as compared to KNS42 and the low grade lines (Res259, Res186).
Nausea and vomiting was generally modest (WHO grade 3, 26.7%).
In the example of a square, simply supported, cross-ply laminated panel subjected to uniform transverse pressure, a modest functional grading offers significant improvement in performance.
Biochemical changes have been modest, all were grade 1 in patients with normal baseline chemistries except one patient with myositis who experienced a grade 3 CPK elevation, 3 patients at 60 mg who had grade 2 raised AST and hyperbilirubinemia and two patients at that same dose level who had grade 3 ALT rise.
Interestingly even the dose of 60 mg m−2 used by Blackstock et al (1999) had relatively modest toxicity (only grade 3 bone marrow toxicity noted).
For example, the mutation frequency of PTEN is high in malignant glial tumours, but much more modest in lower grade gliomas and glioneuronal tumours.
This current study was designed to determine the efficacy and tolerability of an oral agent of S-1 for advanced or recurrent cervical cancer and demonstrated a higher response rate of 30.6% with modest toxic effects: grade 3 or 4 anemia (16%), anorexia (16%), and diarrhea (22%).
Most of these effects are small to moderate, with only modest correlation between grades and subjective sleep measures.
