Sentence examples for modest less than from inspiring English sources

A long line of studies has found that the benefit to borrowers is relatively modest, less than one percentage point.

But the rate of growth has been modest — less than two per cent — and in some troubled countries, such as Greece and Italy, the recovery has been barely perceptible.

Although there is currently a regional cap and trade mechanism for CO2 emissions in the Northeast US, permit prices in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have been extremely modest – less than $5 per ton of CO2.

Although the decline is modest — less than 1percentt for the first eight months of this year compared with the same period a year ago — and several factors may be at play, many experts believe that people in financial difficulty are choosing to forgo medications in order to pay for other necessities.

To incorporate AL + RPM into a baseline router to support multicasting, the area overhead is fairly modest, less than 5.5%.

The amount needed after 2032 to pay full benefits is modest: less than 2.7percentt of payroll.

The latest national tests, released last week, show that academic gains since 2003 have been modest, less even than those posted in the years before the law was put in place.

The whole thing has a slightly funky, no-big-deal air about it, which is perhaps the result of the movie's relatively modest budget (less than $40 million) and the filmmakers' modest temperaments.

No bottle, no matter how modest, costs less than $28.

Mr. Ralfe said the quotas would be modest, representing less than 10percentt of current supplies.

But it has a less prosperous air than similar communities; its houses are more modest, some less than well maintained.