The phrase "modest proportion of" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a small or moderate amount or share of something in relation to a larger whole. Example: "A modest proportion of the population can afford to buy a house in this expensive city." Here, the phrase is used to indicate that only a small portion of the population has the financial means to purchase a house, while the majority cannot.
"This is modest proportion of overall risk," he added.
Queensland lags behind the southern states in manufacturing, providing only a modest proportion of national added value.
In sum, in only a modest proportion of Europe does climate somewhat restrict human occupation and land use.
For the last 15 years, Australia has struggled with a modest proportion of the world's 54m asylum seekers arriving on its shores by boat.
Carroll rarely looked as dangerous as he had in the first five minutes, struggled to get on the end of crosses and won only a modest proportion of aerial contests in midfield.
Citi analyst David Thurtell said: "While a modest proportion of production has been halted, the major impact may come from the disruption of deliveries from the mines and from the disruption of power supplies to the mines.
"While it appears that a modest proportion of production has been halted, the major impact may come from the disruption on deliveries from the mines and from the disruption of power supplies to the mines," Citi analyst David Thurtell said.
During the period of domination by the (Jeffersonian) Democratic-Republican Party, King served once more in the Senate (1813 25) but received only a modest proportion of electoral votes for the nation's highest offices on three different occasions.
Oscar-nominated co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, as Queen Elizabeth, and Geoffrey Rush, who plays the therapist Lionel Logue, are also expected to be in line for seven-figure sums if they are able to insist on a modest proportion of the "back end" profits.
Even now, in both these countries only a modest proportion of the population enjoys access to high-speed mobile broadband but they are far ahead of Pakistan and Bangladesh (see chart).In 2003 Pakistan's then military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, deregulated mobile telecoms to attract foreign investment.
In all, perhaps £40 billion of liabilities have been shifted over the past two years, a modest proportion of total estimated DB pension liabilities of £1 trillion.The pensions regulator and the PPF want to be sure that such transfers of liability do not disadvantage members of pension schemes, or saddle the PPF with more claims.
