Sentence examples for modest if not from inspiring English sources

It is a modest if not threadbare setup.

In discussing the origins of "The Origins," Fukuyama is being modest, if not disingenuous.

Officials also have encouraged an astonishing urbanization boom that has made environmental gains seem modest, if not illusory.

(And his security measures, which had been widely teased as extreme in this column and elsewhere, seemed modest if not inadequate).

Perhaps this is why Hadid has chosen to make Maxxi an almost modest, if not quite self-effacing, building from the outside.

The mise-en-scène was modest, if not frugal; the action was staged on an artfully cramped set that served variously as royal bedchamber, battlefield and Eastcheap tavern.

In the process, many of the authors hope to reap modest fame, if not fortune.

With Alan Mirren as the floppy-haired love interest and Camrie Palmer as big sister Susan leading a sparky 14-strong cast, it looks every bit the Hollywood romcom, offering the same modest pleasures if not the darker reflections to which Barrie would return.

Equally, I have no doubt he would be extremely modest - if not embarrassed - about his achievements and the legacy he has provided for every English football fan.

It also has neighborhoods with great big houses and modest ones, joined, if not by looks, then by the property owners' unspoken code: No house on any given street should stand out more than a little.

Nanosys, launched in September 2001, is modest in size if not ambition.