Sentence examples for modest lots from inspiring English sources

At Christie's South Kensington, bidders operating on the Internet from Istanbul were competing even for the most modest lots.

But the resulting neighborhood — big houses squeezed onto modest lots — could earn it a label as overdeveloper.

What it has to offer is more practical: easy access to major highways, lots of modest houses on equally modest lots and a competitive property tax rate.

We have a modest lot, slightly more than a third of an acre, on the outskirts of Boston.

They were a modest lot, compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy collectors, fueled not so much by a competitive instinct as a desire to share and enjoy.

Either way, one result is generally a huge house shoehorned onto a modest lot, dwarfing the houses of neighbors, who complain bitterly about lost privacy, light and ambience.

Crude oil futures for February delivery hit $100 on the New York Mercantile Exchange shortly after noon when a single trader bid up the price by buying a modest lot and then selling it immediately at a small loss.

Bordering a rambling home on a modest lot, the rectangular plot sports a knot garden of box, variegated box and lavender cotton; a reflecting pool behind a yew hedge, and 40 varieties of plants that bloom from February through November.

Paul Chevedden, a professor at Central Washington University, entertained a group at the bar one night this year with a presentation entitled: "Climax at Long Range: The Male Member and the Crusades", an examination of the phallic nature of the catapult.For all this, the medievalists are a basically modest lot.

Noted for its original design, it was situated on a modest lot measuring 150 feet by 300 feet (45 m by 91 m), typical of the new suburban developments being built on Long Island at the time.

But in Rye -- in contrast to northern Westchester -- most of the recent high-end sales have involved teardowns of modest houses on small lots, Ms. Neuman said.