Sentence examples for modest past from inspiring English sources
A relative unknown in London property circles, Ryan's modest past investments variously included ventures with a convicted fraudster, the owner of a lap-dancing club and an ex-adviser to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, our investigation revealed.
His modest past performances were reflected in his 57-to-one odds.
Modest past investments by the U.S. Administration on Aging, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other agencies have established a viable foundation for scaling up this intervention.
Overall unemployment is modest by past standards, at 8.6%.
Health care prices have grown at a relatively modest pace, compared with past trends, and the administration today noted a "a substantial decline" in the use of home health care services under Medicare.
The housing quickly becomes more uniform and modest traveling north, past Amboy Road and the Staten Island Railroad tracks.
Its price is created in part by the price of the gasoline it displaces, and gasoline prices have been relatively modest for the past few months.
Follow one of Fire Island's quaint footpaths away from the ferry dock, past modest cottages and better-appointed vacation homes, to an elegant modern beach house that extends across three lots.
The report also warned about "intra-euro-area imbalances" and said that "up to now, the crisis has led to a narrowing of current account differences within the euro-area, but only modest correction of past competitiveness divergences between member states".
A few years ago the houses here were made of mud and thatch, says Jjakira, as he walks past modest huts of brick and corrugated iron roofs.
It is worth remembering that while Obama enjoys a statistically meaningful lead in national polling, his margin remains relatively modest compared to past elections.
